Unscramble DEFERRALS and you have 275 words, DEFERRALS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DEFERRAL and FEDERALS lead with 12 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2E1F4E1R1R1A1L12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DEFERRALS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 17 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 60 6-letter words from DEFERRALS, 15 score 10 points, the group's best. READER, LEADER and DEALER are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFERRALS; 11 of them share the top score of 9. DEALS, FALSE and FEEDS are everyday picks.
8 of 60 4-letter words made with DEFERRALS letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. FREE, READ and SELF will look familiar.
DEF, FAD and FED share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFERRALS. ARE, SEE and RED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEFERRALS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of DEFERRALS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEFERRALS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFERRALS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 275) | 216 | 273 | 203 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: FALSED, FARRED, FARSED, FEALED, ELFED, FEARES, FLASER, SAFED, DREARES, FARSE, FEALS, FEARE and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: DELEAFS, DELEAF, LEAFERS, FERALS, LEAFER, LASERED, DEF, FES, FE, LEDE, DAS, EDS and 1 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: ALFS and ALF.