Unscramble DEFANGING and you have 188 words, DEFANGING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DEFANGING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 7, 26 with 6, 23 with 5, 53 with 4, 56 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 6-letter words in DEFANGING, FAGGED and FIGGED tie for first at 12 points. ENDING, GAINED and AGEING are everyday picks.
Of the 53 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFANGING, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. FIND, FINE and IDEA are the ones most people know.
56 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFANGING; 9 of them share the top score of 7. END, AGE and INN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DEFANGING for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
DEFANGING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEFANGING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFANGING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 135 | 187 | 118 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FANDING, FANGING, FANNIED, FAINED, FINGAN, FAINNE, GADGIE, DAEING, DEIF, FAINE, FAND, GADGE and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FENINGA, FADEIN, FENING, FINNA, IGGED, DEF, DIF, GIF, INNAGE, DENI, FE, GEAN and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.