Unscramble DEFEATING and you have 254 words, DEFEATING itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. FEEDING and FEIGNED are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DEFEATING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 10 with 7, 44 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 8 letters.
44 6-letter words made with DEFEATING letters; 5 of them share the top score of 11. DATING, DEFINE and EATING are everyday picks.
FADGE and FIDGE share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFEATING. AGENT, GIANT and EATEN are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from DEFEATING; 12 of them share the top score of 8. FIND, DATE and GIFT are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from DEFEATING, the top score is 7, reached by 9. GET, END and AGE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEFEATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of DEFEATING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEFEATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFEATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 254) | 193 | 253 | 175 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
60 of the 254 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FANTEEG, FEATING, DAFTIE, FAINED, FEATED, FIATED, ENDGATE, DAEING, DEEING, DEIF, FAINE, FAND and 48 more. 18 of the 254 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FADEIN, GIFTEE, INFEED, AGENTED, DEF, DIF, GIF, NIDATE, TAGINE, IDENT, TENGE, DENI and 6 more. 1 of the 254 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
These 2 words take every letter of DEFEATING plus a single extra one.