Unscramble DEFOLIATE and you have 251 words, DEFOLIATE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
D2E1F4O1L12I1A1T1E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DEFOLIATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 38 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in DEFOLIATE: FOLIATED, 12 points.
21 of 38 6-letter words from DEFOLIATE tie at 10 points; none scores more. DETAIL, FAILED and DEFEAT will look familiar.
Of the 53 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFOLIATE, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. FIELD, FILED and DELTA are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with DEFOLIATE letters; 15 of them share the top score of 8. DATE, LIFE and FILE are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFOLIATE, the top score is 7, reached by 6. OLD, FEE and AID are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DEFOLIATE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FOLIATED (12 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DEFOLIATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFOLIATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 251) | 205 | 249 | 195 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
44 of the 251 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DAFTIE, FEALED, FEATED, FEODAL, FIATED, FLOTED, ELFED, ALEFT, DEFO, DEIF, FLOTE, FOID and 32 more. 10 of the 251 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DELEAF, LEFTIE, DEF, DIF, DELT, FE, ODA, DA, OI and TE. 2 of the 251 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALF and FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of DEFOLIATE and one more.