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Unscramble defecting

Unscramble DEFECTING to get 197 words. DEFECTING itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.

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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From defecting

Counting the words from DEFECTING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 23 with 6, 30 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.

9 Letter Words You Can Make with defecting

8 Letter Words You Can Make with defecting

There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with DEFECTING letters: INFECTED, 14 points.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with defecting

FEEDING and FEIGNED are the top 7-letter words in DEFECTING, 12 points each. GENETIC will look familiar.

6 Letter Words You Can Make with defecting

Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFECTING, DEFECT and FENCED tie for first at 12 points. DEFINE, DECENT and GIFTED are everyday picks.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with defecting

FECIT, FENCE and FIDGE are the top 5-letter words from DEFECTING, 10 points each. CITED, GENIE and FINED will look familiar.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with defecting

FICE scores highest among the 4-letter words in DEFECTING at 9 points, ahead of DEFI and DEFT on 8. FIND, NEED and GIFT are the ones most people know.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with defecting

60 3-letter words made with DEFECTING letters; 7 of them share the top score of 7. GET, END and NET are everyday picks.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with defecting

Among 17 2-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFECTING, the top score is 5, reached by 4. IN and IT are the familiar ones.

Neighbor Words of DEFECTING

Trade one tile of DEFECTING for another and you can spell these 6 words:

More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words

What the Best DEFECTING Words Mean

What DEFECTING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.

Scrabble · Words With Friends points

DEFECTING 16 · 19
to desert an allegiance
INFECTED 14 · 16
to contaminate with disease-producing germs
DEFECT 12 · 13
to desert an allegiance
FEEDING 12 · 14
the act of giving food to a person or animal
FEIGNED 12 · 14
to pretend
FENCED 12 · 14
to practice the art of fencing
FEINTED 11 · 12
to make a deceptive movement
FIDGET 11 · 12
to move nervously or restlessly

Is DEFECTING Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEFECTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
DEFECTING itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 197)152196137

* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FECIT, INCEDE, DEEING, DEIF, FIENT, GEITED, TICED, CIDE, CTENE, DICT, EIDENT, FEEN and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GIFTEE, INFEED, DEF, DIF, GIF, CIG, IDENT, TENGE, DENI, FE, GITE, TEC and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.

One Extra Tile and DEFECTING Grows

With one more tile, the letters of DEFECTING spell the words below.

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