Unscramble DEFROST to get 180 words. DEFROST itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 11 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: FROSTED. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. DEFROST as a single 7-tile play makes 61 in Scrabble, 11 plus the 50 bonus, and 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Counting the words from DEFROST by length: 2 with 7 letters, 13 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 18 with 2.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFROST are led by FEODS and FORDS, 9 points each. STORE, FROST and FORTE are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 4-letter words from DEFROST tie at 8 points; none scores more. DOES, SORT and REST will look familiar.
DEF, DOF and FED share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words from DEFROST. SET, RED and DOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEFROST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ST · all 7-letter words
What DEFROST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEFROST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFROST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 180) | 144 | 180 | 133 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
36 of the 180 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FORTED, SOFTED, DEFO, ORFES, TERFS, DOF, FROS, ORFE, ORFS, ROSTED, TEFS, TERF and 24 more. 11 of the 180 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DEF, FEST, DORES, FES, RODES, SORED, FE, EDS, EST, TES and TE.
These 8 words take every letter of DEFROST plus a single extra one.