Unscramble DEFIANTLY to get 272 words. DEFIANTLY itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FETIDLY leads with 14 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DEFIANTLY split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 50 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
INFLATED is the only one of the 8-letter words in DEFIANTLY; it scores 12 points.
50 6-letter words from DEFIANTLY; 7 of them share the top score of 13. DETAIL, FAILED and DENTAL are everyday picks.
4 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFIANTLY tie at 12 points; none scores more. FIELD, DAILY and FINAL will look familiar.
DEFY and FADY share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words made with DEFIANTLY letters. FIND, LIFE and FILE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFIANTLY, FAY, FEY and FLY tie for first at 9 points. ANY, DAY and END are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DEFIANTLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
DEFIANTLY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DEFIANTLY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFIANTLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 272) | 212 | 270 | 201 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
58 of the 272 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FAYNED, LADIFY, FAINLY, FAINTY, FENDY, LENIFY, NAIFLY, FADY, FAYNE, DAFTIE, EYLIAD, FAINED and 46 more. 11 of the 272 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FELTY, FADEIN, LAYIN, DEF, DIF, LINTED, NIDATE, FE, DAN, DA and TE. 2 of the 272 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALF and FI.
With one more tile, the letters of DEFIANTLY spell the words below.