279 words come out when you unscramble DEFECTORS, starting with DEFECTORS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DEFECTORS split into 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 13 with 7, 57 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFECTORS, DEFECT and FORCED tie for first at 12 points. SECTOR, FOREST and SORTED are everyday picks.
CROFT, FECES and FORCE are the top 5-letter words from DEFECTORS, 10 points each. CODES, FEEDS and DECOR will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from DEFECTORS, COFT and CORF tie for first at 9 points. FREE, CODE and COST are everyday picks.
DEF, DOF and FED share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words in DEFECTORS. RED, FEE and SEC are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DEFECTORS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in RS · all 9-letter words
DEFECTORS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEFECTORS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFECTORS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 279) | 234 | 279 | 217 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
45 of the 279 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FORTED, SOFTED, FEREST, FREETS, TERFES, COSED, DEFO, FEERS, FREET, ORFES, ROSETED, SCREET and 33 more. 17 of the 279 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CROFTED, CREDS, CERTS, CRED, DEF, FEST, CERT, CORS, ECOS, FES, ECO, FE and 5 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DEFECTORS spell the words below.