Unscramble DEFIBRINATES and you have 436 words, DEFIBRINATES itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. DEFIBRINATE is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DEFIBRINATES split into 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 11, 8 with 10, 27 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 38 with 2.
The best of the 11-letter words in DEFIBRINATES is DEFIBRINATE, 17 points; FINASTERIDE on 15 follows.
DISBENEFIT scores highest among the 10-letter words made with DEFIBRINATES letters at 16 points, ahead of TRENDIFIES on 14 and BADINERIES on 13.
4 of 27 9-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFIBRINATES tie at 15 points; none scores more.
60 8-letter words from DEFIBRINATES; 5 of them share the top score of 14. BENEFITS, DIABETES and DEFINITE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 7-letter words from DEFIBRINATES, 5 score 13 points, the group's best. FRIENDS, BENEFIT and DEFINES are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words in DEFIBRINATES, BARFED, BIFIDA and FIBRED tie for first at 12 points. FRIEND, DEFINE and FINDER are everyday picks.
BIFID tops the 5-letter words made with DEFIBRINATES letters at 11 points; next come BAFTS and BARFI on 10. AFTER, BASED and DRAFT will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFIBRINATES, the top score is 9, reached by 8. FIND, FAST and BAND are the familiar ones.
FAB and FIB are the top 3-letter words from DEFIBRINATES, 8 points each. BAD, FAR and BIT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DEFIBRINATES for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BEATIFIED, BEFRIENDS and BREASTFED (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DEFIBRINATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFIBRINATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 436) | 346 | 434 | 308 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
89 of the 436 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FIBERISED, TABEFIED, BADINERIES, DENSIFIER, FIBERISE, FREDAINES, SNIFTERED, TABEFIES, BADINERIE, BEARDIEST, BESAINTED, BESTAINED and 77 more. 37 of the 436 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BREASTFED, TRENDIFIES, DEFINITES, FIBRATES, BIFIDA, FIBRATE, FIBRED, FIBSTER, FRISBEE, BANDIEST, BARFIS, BENDIEST and 25 more. 1 of the 436 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FINASTERIDE. 1 of the 436 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.