Unscramble DEFENSEMEN to get 114 words. DEFENSEMEN itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2E1F4E1N12S1E1M34E1N12
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DEFENSEMEN by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 7, 8 with 6, 25 with 5, 40 with 4, 27 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
FEMES scores highest among the 5-letter words from DEFENSEMEN at 10 points, ahead of FEEDS and FENDS on 9. NEEDS, DENSE and DEEMS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFENSEMEN, EMFS, FEME and FEMS tie for first at 9 points. NEED, SEND and SEEN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DEFENSEMEN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in EN · all 10-letter words
DEFENSEMEN first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DEFENSEMEN 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFENSEMEN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 114) | 81 | 112 | 74 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FENMEN, FEESED, NEMNED, SEMEED, FEENS, FEESE, MENED, FEEN, MENES, NEESED, NEFS, NEMNS and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEF, MEDS, SEMEE, FES, FE, MES, NENES, EDS and ESNE, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMFS and EMF, 2 in all.