Unscramble DEFORMATIVE to get 356 words. DEFORMATIVE itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. FORMATIVE is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DEFORMATIVE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 5 with 9, 22 with 8, 49 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 39 with 2. None has 10 letters.
FOVEATED scores highest among the 8-letter words made with DEFORMATIVE letters at 15 points, ahead of DEFOAMER and FAVORITE on 14. DIAMETER, MODERATE and OVERTIME are the ones most people know.
The best of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFORMATIVE is AVIFORM, 15 points; FAVORED and OVERFED on 14 follow. FREEDOM, REMOVED and MEDIATE are everyday picks.
FERVID tops the 6-letter words from DEFORMATIVE at 13 points; next come AMOVED and DEFAME on 12. FORMAT, REMOVE and FORMED will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFORMATIVE, VIFDA leads with 12 points, then FAMED and FAVER on 11. VIDEO, MOVIE and DRIVE are the familiar ones.
Among the 4-letter words from DEFORMATIVE, FAVE and FIVE tie for first at 10 points. FORM, EVER and MOVE are everyday picks.
FAV tops the 3-letter words in DEFORMATIVE at 9 points; next come EMF and FAM on 8. FAR, FEE and FAT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DEFORMATIVE for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with DE · ending in VE · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FOVEATED and OVERTIMED (15 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEFORMATIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFORMATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 356) | 273 | 354 | 258 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AVIFORM, FADOMETER, FORMATED, FOEDERATI, FORMIATE, VIAMETER, AMOVED, EMOVED, EVIRATED, FEMITER, FOEDARIE, FOETIDER and 69 more, 81 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AFORETIME, OVERFIT, DIATREME, FAVER, TARDIVE, FAV, DEVI, FAM, AFRO, DEF, DIF, VID and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMF. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.