80 words come out when you unscramble DEFLEXES, starting with DEFLEXES itself: 19 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DEFLEXES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 16 with 5, 27 with 4, 21 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with DEFLEXES letters: FEDEXES, for 18 points.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFLEXES is FLEX, 14 points; EXED on 12 and EXES on 11 follow. SELF, FEEL and FEED are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DEFLEXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FEDEXES (18 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DEFLEXES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFLEXES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 80) | 66 | 80 | 55 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 14 of them: DEFLEXES, DEFLEX, FEESED, ELFED, FEESE, ELFS, SEELD, LEED, LEESE, SELD, SED, SELE and 2 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: FEDEXES, FEDEX, EXED, XED, DEF, EELED, FES, LEDES, FE, LEDE and EDS.