216 words come out when you unscramble DEFOCUSSED, starting with DEFOCUSSED itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DEFOCUSED leads with 16 points. The 10 letters split into 4 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 DEFOCUSSED split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 1 with 8, 12 with 7, 31 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with DEFOCUSSED letters: FOCUSSED, 14 points.
FESCUE, FEUDED and FUCOSE share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words from DEFOCUSSED. DECODE, SCOUSE and DEDUCE are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words made with DEFOCUSSED letters are led by FECES and FOCUS, 10 points each. CODES, FEEDS and SEEDS are the familiar ones.
FUSC scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFOCUSSED at 9 points, ahead of DEFO and FEDS on 8. DOES, CODE and FEED are the ones most people know.
Among 49 3-letter words from DEFOCUSSED, the top score is 7, reached by 4. USE, SEE and DUE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEFOCUSSED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ED · all 10-letter words
DEFOCUSSED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEFOCUSSED, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFOCUSSED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 178 | 216 | 169 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, *Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
38 of the 216 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FOSSED, FOUDS, FUSC, SCUSED, SOUCED, COSED, DEFO, DOCUS, DOUCS, FOUD, SOUCES, CESSE and 26 more. 9 of the 216 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COUDES, SOCES, ECOS, FES, SUSED, ECO, SOC, EDS and SUS.