Unscramble DEFREEZE and you have 46 words, DEFREEZE itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
D2E1F4R1E1E1Z10E1
By length, the words from DEFREEZE split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 6, 6 with 5, 11 with 4, 14 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of DEFREEZE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ZE · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FEEZED (19 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEFREEZE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFREEZE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 46) | 37 | 46 | 34 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
9 of the 46 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEFREEZE, ZE, FEERED, FEER, DEERE, ERF, REEDE, ERED and EE. 3 of the 46 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: REZ, DEF and FE.
This word takes every letter of DEFREEZE plus a single extra one.