Unscramble DEFIBRILLATE to get 400 words. DEFIBRILLATE itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. FIBRILLATED is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DEFIBRILLATE by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 2 with 10, 9 with 9, 55 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
FIBRILLATED is the only one of the 11-letter words in DEFIBRILLATE; it scores 17 points.
The 10-letter words made with DEFIBRILLATE letters come to 2, each scoring 15 points.
BELFRIED, BIRDLIFE and TABEFIED share the top score of 14 among the 8-letter words from DEFIBRILLATE. RELIABLE, FILTERED and BILLIARD are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 7-letter words in DEFIBRILLATE tie at 13 points; none scores more. FEDERAL, LABELED and FERTILE will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with DEFIBRILLATE letters, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. FAILED, FILLED and BELIEF are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFIBRILLATE, BIFID leads with 11 points, then BARFI and BEFIT on 10. AFTER, FIELD and DRAFT are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words from DEFIBRILLATE; 7 of them share the top score of 9. FEEL, FALL and FEED are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words in DEFIBRILLATE are led by FAB and FIB, 8 points each. BAD, FAR and BIT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEFIBRILLATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TE · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BEATIFIED and FILTERABLE (15 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEFIBRILLATE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFIBRILLATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 400) | 328 | 398 | 302 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TABEFIED, FEELBAD, FILBERD, BEFELD, EBRILLADE, AREFIED, BALLETED, BIELDIER, BIFTER, BILITERAL, DELIBATE, EBRIATED and 58 more, 70 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BIRDLIFE, LIFEBELT, BIFIDA, FIBRATE, FIBRED, DIRTBALL, FILLETER, TRILBIED, BARFI, DELEAF, FELTIER, RETALLIED and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALF and FI, 2 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of DEFIBRILLATE and one more.