Unscramble DEFRIEND and you have 168 words, DEFRIEND itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 13 points: FRIENDED. DEFINED is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DEFRIEND by length: 2 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 32 with 6, 24 with 5, 53 with 4, 37 with 3 and 14 with 2.
DEFEND, DEFIED and FENDED share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words from DEFRIEND. FRIEND, DEFINE and INDEED are the ones most people know.
Among 53 4-letter words made with DEFRIEND letters, the top score is 8, reached by 5. FREE, FIND and NEED are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEFRIEND but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ND · all 8-letter words
What DEFRIEND means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: DEFRIEND is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFRIEND itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 168) | 123 | 167 | 116 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: ENFIRED, FENDIER, DEIFER, ENFIRE, FEERIN, FINEER, INFERE, NEDDIER, DEIDER, DEIF, DERNED, DIEDRE and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: DEFRIEND, INFEED, FIREE, DEF, DIF, DENI and FE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
These 3 words take every letter of DEFRIEND plus a single extra one.