Unscramble DEFECTIVES to get 222 words. DEFECTIVES itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. DEFECTIVE is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DEFECTIVES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 26 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 17 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in DEFECTIVES: DEFECTIVE, 18 points.
DEFECT and DEVICE share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words from DEFECTIVES. VESTED, DEVISE and DECEIT are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words in DEFECTIVES, FIVES and VICED tie for first at 11 points. FEEDS, CITED and EDITS are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words made with DEFECTIVES letters, FIVE leads with 10 points, then CIVE and FICE on 9. FEED, FEET and FEES are the familiar ones.
7 of 53 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFECTIVES tie at 7 points; none scores more. SEE, ITS and SET will look familiar.
These 3 words have the length of DEFECTIVES, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DECEIVES (14 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. DEFECTIVES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFECTIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 176 | 221 | 157 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: DEIFEST, CIVES, DEEVES, FECIT, FEESED, STIVED, CIVE, DEEVE, DEEVS, FIDES, STIEVE, CIDES and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: CISTED, DEVIS, DEVI, DIFS, VIDS, DEF, DIF, ETICS, FEST, VID, FES, SEV and 7 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.