Unscramble DEFLECTIVE and you have 206 words, DEFLECTIVE itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. DEFECTIVE is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DEFLECTIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 12 with 7, 22 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 15 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in DEFLECTIVE: DEFECTIVE, 18 points.
DEFECT and DEVICE are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFLECTIVE, 12 points each. DELETE, FLEECE and LIFTED will look familiar.
VICED scores highest among the 5-letter words made with DEFLECTIVE letters at 11 points, ahead of CIVET and CLEFT on 10. FIELD, FILED and LIVED are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFLECTIVE is FIVE, 10 points; CIVE and CLEF on 9 follow. LIFE, FILE and LEFT are everyday picks.
Among 49 3-letter words from DEFLECTIVE, the top score is 7, reached by 7. LET, FEE and LED are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DEFLECTIVE for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CLEFTED, CLEVEITE, DECEIVE, DEFLECT, ELECTIVE, EVICTED and FLEECED (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DEFLECTIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFLECTIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 206) | 166 | 205 | 154 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
39 of the 206 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLIFTED, DELETIVE, FLEECIE, CLEEVE, DEVILET, CLEVE, FECIT, CIELED, CIVE, DEEVE, DELICE, ELFED and 27 more. 12 of the 206 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LEFTIE, DEVI, DEF, DIF, VID, VLEI, CLIT, EELED, DELT, FE, TEC and TE. 1 of the 206 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
This word takes every letter of DEFLECTIVE plus a single extra one.