Unscramble DEFENSEMAN to get 247 words. DEFENSEMAN itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2E1F4E1N12S1E1M34A1N12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DEFENSEMAN split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 11 with 7, 34 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFENSEMAN, DEFAME leads with 12 points, then FENMAN and FENMEN on 11. SEEMED, AMENDS and MANNED are the familiar ones.
FAMED tops the 5-letter words from DEFENSEMAN at 11 points; next come FAMES and FEMES on 10. NEEDS, MEANS and NAMES will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from DEFENSEMAN, the top score is 9, reached by 5. NAME, MADE and SAME are the familiar ones.
EMF, FAM and FEM are the top 3-letter words in DEFENSEMAN, 8 points each. SEE, END and MAN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DEFENSEMAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in AN · all 10-letter words
What DEFENSEMAN means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEFENSEMAN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFENSEMAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 247) | 175 | 245 | 163 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 70 of them: DEMEANES, ENSEAMED, FENMAN, FENMEN, AMENDES, DEMEANE, FEESED, AMENDE, AMENED, DEMANS, FANDS, MEANED and 58 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: FAMS, FAM, DEF, MEDS, SEMEE, FES, DANS, FE, MES, DAN, DAS, EDS and 2 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 2 of them: EMFS and EMF.