Unscramble DEFEATURE to get 208 words. DEFEATURE itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 12: 4 of them, FEATURED, FEDERATE and DEFEATER included. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
D2E1F4E1A1T1U12R1E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DEFEATURE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 4 with 7, 24 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 24 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFEATURE, 15 score 10 points, the group's best. DEFEAT, FEEDER and FEARED are the ones most people know.
43 5-letter words from DEFEATURE; 12 of them share the top score of 9. AFTER, TRADE and RATED are everyday picks.
7 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFEATURE tie at 8 points; none scores more. FREE, DATE and READ will look familiar.
Among 53 3-letter words from DEFEATURE, the top score is 7, reached by 4. ARE, ART and RED are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEFEATURE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in RE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DEFEATER, FEATURED, FEDERATE and REDEFEAT (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DEFEATURE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFEATURE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 160 | 208 | 153 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FEUTRED, FADEUR, FAUTED, FEATED, FEERED, FAURD, FEUTRE, FEARE, FEART, FRATE, FREET, TERFE and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TEREFA, TREFA, DEF, FE, DA, UTE and TE, 7 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of DEFEATURE spell the words below.