Unscramble DEFINING to get 87 words. DEFINING itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are FINDING and FENDING, 12 points each. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for fiendgin, efinding, feinding, fiending, ifending, dingfine, diningef, finnigde, ginfined or feniding? They use the same letters as DEFINING, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DEFINING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 10 with 5, 20 with 4, 31 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Keep every letter of DEFINING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
DEFINING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DEFINING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 87) | 68 | 86 | 59 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEIF, FEG, FENI, FINI, INGINE, NIEF, NIFE, NEF, DEG, GINN, NIED, DEI and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FENING, DEF, DIF, GIF, DENI, FE, INNIE, NEG and GI, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of DEFINING and one more.