Unscramble DEFLECTOR to get 226 words. DEFLECTOR itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DEFECTOR leads with 14 points. It has 9 letters, 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 DEFLECTOR split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 9 with 7, 27 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in DEFLECTOR: DEFECTOR, 14 points.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFLECTOR are led by DEFECT and FORCED, 12 points each. FOLDER and COLDER are the familiar ones.
Among the 5-letter words from DEFLECTOR, CLEFT, CROFT and FORCE tie for first at 10 points. OLDER, DECOR and FLEET are everyday picks.
4 of 60 4-letter words made with DEFLECTOR letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. FREE, CODE and LEFT will look familiar.
DEF, DOF and FED share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFLECTOR. OLD, LET and RED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEFLECTOR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in OR · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DEFECTOR (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DEFLECTOR works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFLECTOR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 193 | 226 | 181 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FLOTED, FORTED, COLTED, ELFED, FELTER, DEFO, FLOTE, FOREL, FREET, LEFTE, TERFE, CLOTE and 21 more, 33 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CROFTED, CRED, DEF, TELCO, CERT, DELT, ECO, FE, LOC, TEC, LOR and TE, 12 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of DEFLECTOR and one more.