Unscramble DEFENSIVES to get 240 words. DEFENSIVES itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DEFENSIVES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 12 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 15 with 2.
DEFENSIVE is the only one of the 9-letter words in DEFENSIVES; it scores 16 points.
Among 39 6-letter words from DEFENSIVES, the top score is 10, reached by 17. DEFINE, DENIES and DEVISE are the familiar ones.
FIVES scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFENSIVES at 11 points, ahead of DEEVE and DEEVS on 9. NEEDS, SEVEN and FEEDS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words from DEFENSIVES is FIVE, 10 points; DEEV and DEFI on 8 follow. FIND, NEED and EVEN are everyday picks.
Among 48 3-letter words in DEFENSIVES, the top score is 7, reached by 7. SEE, END and FEE are the familiar ones.
This word has the length of DEFENSIVES, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DEFENSES, DEVISEES and FINESSED (12 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DEFENSIVES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFENSIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 240) | 172 | 239 | 151 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 67 of them: VENDISES, VENDISS, DEEVES, FEESED, SENVIES, VENDIS, DEEVE, DEEVS, EEVENS, ESSIVE, FEESES, FIDES and 55 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: INFEEDS, INFEED, DEVIS, DEVI, DIFS, VIDS, DEF, DIF, SEVS, VID, VINS, DESIS and 9 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.