Unscramble defects

Unscramble DEFECTS and you have 62 words, DEFECTS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of DEFECTS at once for 63 in Scrabble (13 + 50) or 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).

Looking for fectsde, feetcds, desfect, fedetcs, ctesdfe, cdsfeet, cestdef, dcfeets, defcest or eecdfts? They use the same letters as DEFECTS, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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

Possible Words From defects

Words from DEFECTS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 9 with 5, 22 with 4, 20 with 3 and 9 with 2.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with defects

6 Letter Words You Can Make with defects

Just 1 of the 6-letter words in DEFECTS: DEFECT, for 12 points.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with defects

FECES tops the 5-letter words made with DEFECTS letters at 10 points; next come FEEDS and FETED on 9. STEED will look familiar.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with defects

DEFT, FEDS and FEED share the top score of 8 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFECTS. FEET, FEES and SEED are the ones most people know.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with defects

Among the 3-letter words from DEFECTS, DEF and FED tie for first at 7 points. SEE, SET and FEE are everyday picks.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with defects

EF and FE are the top 2-letter words made with DEFECTS letters, 5 points each.

DEFECTS With One Letter Changed

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

More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TS · all 7-letter words

Definitions for the Top DEFECTS Plays

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

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

DEFECTS 13 · 14
to desert an allegiance
DEFECT 12 · 13
to desert an allegiance
FECES 10 · 11
bodily waste discharged through the anus
FEEDS 9 · 9
to give food to
FETED 9 · 9
to honor with a celebration
CEDES 8 · 9
to yield
DEFT 8 · 8
having skill
FEDS 8 · 8
a federal agent

DEFECTS in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?

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

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
DEFECTS itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 62)556245

* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.

10 of the 62 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DEF, FEST, FES, TECS, FE, TEC, EDS, EST, TES and TE. 7 of the 62 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TEFS, STEDE, TEF, STED, SED, EE and ST.

Longer Words Built on DEFECTS

This word takes every letter of DEFECTS plus a single extra one.

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