Unscramble DEFOCUSSES and you have 211 words, DEFOCUSSES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. DEFOCUSES is the best of the shorter words, at 15 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 DEFOCUSSES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 9 with 7, 36 with 6, 42 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 14 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with DEFOCUSSES letters: DEFOCUSES, 15 points.
FESCUE and FUCOSE are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFOCUSSES, 11 points each. SCOUSE and SEDUCE will look familiar.
The 5-letter words in DEFOCUSSES are led by FECES and FOCUS, 10 points each. CODES, FEEDS and SEEDS are the familiar ones.
FUSC tops the 4-letter words made with DEFOCUSSES letters at 9 points; next come DEFO and FEDS on 8. USED, DOES and CODE will look familiar.
Among 46 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFOCUSSES, the top score is 7, reached by 4. USE, SEE and DUE are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DEFOCUSSES for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
What DEFOCUSSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEFOCUSSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFOCUSSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 171 | 211 | 158 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
40 of the 211 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FOSSED, FOUDS, FUSC, SCUSED, SOUCED, COSED, COSSES, DEFO, DOCUS, DOUCS, FOUD, SCUSES and 28 more. 13 of the 211 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COUDES, DEF, SOCES, ECOS, FES, SUSED, ECO, FE, SOC, SUSES, EDS, ESSE and 1 more.