161 words come out when you unscramble DEFENCEMAN, starting with DEFENCEMAN itself: 18 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. FACEMEN is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DEFENCEMAN split into 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 7, 20 with 6, 27 with 5, 46 with 4, 44 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
Among the 6-letter words in DEFENCEMAN, DEFACE, DEFAME and FENCED tie for first at 12 points. CANNED, MENACE and MANNED are everyday picks.
DECAF, FACED and FAMED share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words from DEFENCEMAN. DANCE, NAMED and AMEND are the ones most people know.
Among 46 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFENCEMAN, the top score is 9, reached by 4. NAME, NEED and MADE are the familiar ones.
Of the 44 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFENCEMAN, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. CAN, END and MAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEFENCEMAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in AN · all 10-letter words
DEFENCEMAN first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEFENCEMAN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFENCEMAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 161) | 121 | 159 | 116 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FACEMEN, FENMAN, FENMEN, DEMEANE, AMENDE, AMENED, MEANED, NEMNED, CADEE, DEMAN, FAND, MENED and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CAF, DECAN, FAM, DEF, FE, DAN and DA, 7 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMF and NANCE, 2 in all.