DEFECTIVE Unscrambled Letters | Anagram of defective

Possible Words From defective

Counting the words from DEFECTIVE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 4 with 6, 12 with 5, 36 with 4, 32 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.

9 Letter Words You Can Make with defective

defective

7 Letter Words You Can Make with defective

The 7-letter words made with DEFECTIVE letters are led by DECEIVE and EVICTED, 13 points each.

6 Letter Words You Can Make with defective

DEFECT and DEVICE are the top 6-letter words in DEFECTIVE, 12 points each. DECEIT will look familiar.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with defective

VICED scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFECTIVE at 11 points, ahead of CIVET and EVICT on 10. CITED is the one most people know.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with defective

The best of the 4-letter words from DEFECTIVE is FIVE, 10 points; CIVE and FICE on 9 follow. EDIT, FEED and FEET are everyday picks.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with defective

Among 32 3-letter words in DEFECTIVE, the top score is 7, reached by 7. FEE, DIE and FIT are the familiar ones.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with defective

4 of 13 2-letter words made with DEFECTIVE letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. IT will look familiar.

Change One Tile in DEFECTIVE

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

F T gives DETECTIVE · words from detective
F P gives DECEPTIVE · unscramble deceptive
D R gives REFECTIVE · unscramble refective
D F gives EFFECTIVE · unscramble effective
F R gives DECRETIVE · unscramble decretive

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

What the Best DEFECTIVE Words Mean

Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DECEIVE and EVICTED (13 points each).

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

DECEIVE 13 · 15: to mislead by falsehood
EVICTED 13 · 15: to expel by legal process
DEFECT 12 · 13: to desert an allegiance
DEVICE 12 · 14: something devised or constructed for a specific purpose
EVICTEE 12 · 14: one that is evicted
VICED 11 · 13: to vise
CIVET 10 · 12: a catlike mammal
EVICT 10 · 12: to expel by legal process

Can You Play DEFECTIVE in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Yes. DEFECTIVE 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*
DEFECTIVE itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 101)	79	100	72

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

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FECIT, CIVE, DEEVE, DEEV, DEIF, TICED, CIDE, DICT, DIV, EVET, VITE, CID and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEVI, DEF, DIF, VID, FE, TEC and TE, 7 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.

Add a Letter to DEFECTIVE

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