Unscramble DEFENCES and you have 80 words, DEFENCES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for defensec or sednefec? They use the same letters as DEFENCES, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DEFENCES split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 7 with 6, 16 with 5, 25 with 4, 21 with 3 and 8 with 2.
These 6 words have the length of DEFENCES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
DEFENCES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEFENCES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFENCES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 80) | 59 | 80 | 54 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FEESED, SCENED, FEENS, FEESE, FEEN, NEESED, NEFS, CENS, DEENS, NEF, SNEED, DEEN and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEF, FES, FE, EDS and ESNE, 5 in all.