Unscramble DEFENSING to get 228 words. DEFENSING itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DEFENSING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 19 with 7, 31 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 16 with 2.
The 7-letter words made with DEFENSING letters are led by FEEDING, FEIGNED and FENDING, 12 points each. ENGINES, SENDING and DEFINES are the familiar ones.
FIDGES tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFENSING at 11 points; next come DEFIES and DEFINE on 10. DESIGN, ENGINE and ENDING will look familiar.
FIDGE scores highest among the 5-letter words from DEFENSING at 10 points, ahead of DEFIS and FEEDS on 9. NEEDS, FINDS and GENES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from DEFENSING; 11 of them share the top score of 8. FIND, NEED and FINE are everyday picks.
Among 55 3-letter words in DEFENSING, the top score is 7, reached by 7. SEE, END and INN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEFENSING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What DEFENSING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. DEFENSING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFENSING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 173 | 227 | 151 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FEESING, ENSIGNED, FENNIES, FIDES, SDEIGNE, DEEING, DEIF, FEENS, FEGS, FENIS, GENNIES, NEESING and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FEEDINGS, FENINGS, INFEEDS, FENING, INFEED, DIFS, GENNED, GIFS, DEF, DIF, GIF, FES and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
This word takes every letter of DEFENSING plus a single extra one.