Unscramble DEFTNESS and you have 153 words, DEFTNESS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is FESSED, 10 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
Looking for densestf? They use the same letters as DEFTNESS, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DEFTNESS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 13 with 6, 41 with 5, 56 with 4, 30 with 3 and 11 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in DEFTNESS: DENSEST, 8 points.
Among the 5-letter words from DEFTNESS, FEEDS, FENDS and FETED tie for first at 9 points. NEEDS, TEENS and SENSE are everyday picks.
4 of 56 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFTNESS tie at 8 points; none scores more. NEED, SEND and TEEN will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DEFTNESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
What DEFTNESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEFTNESS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFTNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 153) | 105 | 153 | 90 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 48 of them: FEENS, FENTS, DENETS, FEEN, FENT, NEFS, SEDENT, SENTED, STEDES, STENDS, TEENDS, TEFS and 36 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: FESTS, DEF, FEST, FES, ESNES, FE, SENES, SENTS, EDS, ESNE, ESSE, ESTS and 3 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of DEFTNESS and one more.