Unscramble DEFENCELESSNESS and you have 225 words, DEFENCELESSNESS itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is FENCELESSNESS, 18 points. 15 letters: 5 vowels and 10 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DEFENCELESSNESS by length: 1 with 15 letters, 1 with 13, 1 with 12, 4 with 11, 2 with 10, 3 with 9, 11 with 8, 17 with 7, 37 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 31 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 14 letters.
There is a single one of the 13-letter words in DEFENCELESSNESS: FENCELESSNESS, 18 points.
Just 1 of the 12-letter words made with DEFENCELESSNESS letters: NEEDLESSNESS, for 13 points.
DEFENCELESS scores highest among the 11-letter words from DEFENCELESSNESS at 17 points, ahead of DEFENSELESS on 15 and DENSENESSES on 12.
Among the 10-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFENCELESSNESS, SELFNESSES leads with 13 points, then SEEDNESSES on 11.
DEFENCES scores highest among the 8-letter words made with DEFENCELESSNESS letters at 14 points, ahead of DEFENSES on 12 and SELFNESS on 11. NEEDLESS and ESSENCES are the ones most people know.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFENCELESSNESS, DEFENCE and FLEECED tie for first at 13 points. DEFENSE, ESSENCE and ENDLESS are everyday picks.
FENCED scores highest among the 6-letter words from DEFENCELESSNESS at 12 points, ahead of FENCES and FENNEC on 11. SCENES, LENSES and FLEECE are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words in DEFENCELESSNESS are led by CLEFS, FECES and FENCE, 10 points each. NEEDS, SENSE and FEEDS are the familiar ones.
The best of the 4-letter words made with DEFENCELESSNESS letters is CLEF, 9 points; DELF and FEDS on 8 follow. NEED, SEND and LESS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DEFENCELESSNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 15-letter words: starting with DE · ending in SS · all 15-letter words
What DEFENCELESSNESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEFENCELESSNESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFENCELESSNESS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 225) | 175 | 224 | 157 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 50 of them: SEEDNESSES, FEESED, ELFED, FEESES, SCENED, SEEDNESS, SELDSEEN, FEENS, FEESE, CESSE, DESSES, ELFS and 38 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: DEFENCELESSNESS, DEFENCELESS, SENESCED, SENESCES, SENESCE, DEF, EELED, FES, LEDES, ESNES, FE, LEDE and 5 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FECESES.