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Unscramble defection

Unscramble DEFECTION and you have 217 words, DEFECTION itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.

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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.

Possible Words From defection

Counting the words from DEFECTION by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 29 with 6, 34 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.

9 Letter Words You Can Make with defection

8 Letter Words You Can Make with defection

Just 1 of the 8-letter words in DEFECTION: INFECTED, for 14 points.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with defection

CONFIDE scores highest among the 7-letter words made with DEFECTION letters at 13 points, ahead of FEINTED on 11 and CODEINE on 10. NOTICED is the one most people know.

6 Letter Words You Can Make with defection

COIFED, DEFECT and FENCED are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFECTION, 12 points each. NOTICE, DEFINE and DECENT will look familiar.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with defection

FECIT and FENCE share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words from DEFECTION. OFTEN, NOTED and CITED are the ones most people know.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with defection

60 4-letter words from DEFECTION; 6 of them share the top score of 9. FIND, INFO and CODE are everyday picks.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with defection

Of the 60 3-letter words in DEFECTION, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. NOT, ONE and END are the ones most people know.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with defection

Among 25 2-letter words made with DEFECTION letters, the top score is 5, reached by 5. IN, ON and IT are the familiar ones.

Change One Tile in DEFECTION

Keep every letter of DEFECTION but one, change that one, and you get:

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

What the Best DEFECTION Words Mean

Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with INFECTED (14 points).

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

INFECTED 14 · 16
to contaminate with disease-producing germs
CONFIDE 13 · 15
to reveal in trust
COIFED 12 · 13
to style the hair
DEFECT 12 · 13
to desert an allegiance
FENCED 12 · 14
to practice the art of fencing
CONFIT 11 · 13
meat cooked and preserved in its own fat
FEINTED 11 · 12
to make a deceptive movement
INFECT 11 · 13
to contaminate with disease-producing germs

Can You Play DEFECTION in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

DEFECTION works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
DEFECTION itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 217)169216159

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

47 of the 217 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FECIT, CONDIE, CONF, INCEDE, DEFO, DEIF, FIENT, FOID, TICED, CIDE, COND, CTENE and 35 more. 10 of the 217 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INFEED, DEF, DIF, ONCET, IDENT, ECO, FE, TEC, OI and TE. 1 of the 217 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.

Longer Words Built on DEFECTION

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

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