Unscramble DEFENSELESS and you have 168 words, DEFENSELESS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DEFENSES leads with 12 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DEFENSELESS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 7 with 8, 8 with 7, 23 with 6, 39 with 5, 53 with 4, 28 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 10 or 9 letters.
FEESED, FESSED and SELFED share the top score of 10 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFENSELESS. LENSES, NEEDLE and SENSES are the ones most people know.
4 of 39 5-letter words from DEFENSELESS tie at 9 points; none scores more. NEEDS, SENSE and FEEDS will look familiar.
Of the 53 4-letter words in DEFENSELESS, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. NEED, SEND and LESS are the ones most people know.
These 2 words have the length of DEFENSELESS, with one letter different:
More 11-letter words: starting with DE · ending in SS · all 11-letter words
The meaning of DEFENSELESS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. DEFENSELESS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFENSELESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 168) | 122 | 168 | 111 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 46 of them: FEESED, ELFED, FEESES, SEEDNESS, SELDSEEN, FEENS, FEESE, DESSES, ELFS, FEEN, NEELDS, NEESED and 34 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: DEF, EELED, FES, LEDES, ESNES, FE, LEDE, SENES, EDS, ESNE and ESSE.