193 words come out when you unscramble DEFENCELESS, starting with DEFENCELESS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. DEFENCES and FENCELESS are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DEFENCELESS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 6 with 8, 13 with 7, 27 with 6, 46 with 5, 59 with 4, 31 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 10 letters.
FENCELESS is the only one of the 9-letter words in DEFENCELESS; it scores 14 points.
The best of the 6-letter words from DEFENCELESS is FENCED, 12 points; FENCES and FLEECE on 11 follow. SCENES, LENSES and NEEDLE are everyday picks.
CLEFS, FECES and FENCE are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFENCELESS, 10 points each. NEEDS, SENSE and FEEDS will look familiar.
CLEF scores highest among the 4-letter words from DEFENCELESS at 9 points, ahead of DELF and FEDS on 8. NEED, SEND and LESS are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DEFENCELESS for another and you can spell this word:
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What DEFENCELESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEFENCELESS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFENCELESS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 193) | 149 | 192 | 134 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FEESED, ELFED, FEESES, SCENED, SELDSEEN, FEENS, FEESE, CESSE, ELFS, FEEN, NEELDS, NEESED and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEFENCELESS, SENESCED, SENESCE, DEF, EELED, FES, LEDES, ESNES, FE, LEDE, SENES, EDS and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FECESES.