Unscramble DEFENCING and you have 129 words, DEFENCING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DEFENCING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 16 with 6, 14 with 5, 38 with 4, 41 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
FENCED scores highest among the 6-letter words in DEFENCING at 12 points, ahead of FENNEC on 11 and CEDING on 10. ENGINE, ENDING and DEFINE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words from DEFENCING is FICE, 9 points; DEFI and DEIF on 8 follow. FIND, NEED and FINE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DEFENCING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of DEFENCING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DEFENCING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFENCING itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 129) | 100 | 128 | 88 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 28 of them: INCEDE, DEEING, DEIF, CIDE, FEEN, FEG, FENI, NIEF, NIFE, CID, EIGNE, NEF and 16 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: DEFENCING, FENING, INFEED, GENNED, DEF, DIF, GIF, CIG, DENI, FE, NEG and GI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.