Possible Words From defunctive
Counting the words from DEFUNCTIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 8, 9 with 7, 36 with 6, 57 with 5, 99 with 4, 65 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
10 Letter Words You Can Make with defunctive
1 word · top score 19
- defunctiveUK19
8 Letter Words You Can Make with defunctive
5 words · top score 14 · everyday: INFECTED
Among the 8-letter words made with DEFUNCTIVE letters, EDUCTIVE, INFECTED and INVECTED tie for first at 14 points.
7 Letter Words You Can Make with defunctive
9 words · top score 15 (+50 for all 7 tiles) · everyday: EVIDENT, DEFUNCT
Among the 7-letter words in DEFUNCTIVE, VENEFIC leads with 15 points, then DEFUNCT and EVICTED on 13. EVIDENT is the familiar one.
6 Letter Words You Can Make with defunctive
36 words · top score 12 · everyday: UNITED, DEVICE, DEFINE
5 of 36 6-letter words from DEFUNCTIVE tie at 12 points; none scores more. UNITED, DEVICE and DEFINE will look familiar.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with defunctive
57 words · top score 11 · everyday: EVENT, VENUE, CITED
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFUNCTIVE, VICED leads with 11 points, then CIVET and CUVEE on 10. EVENT, VENUE and CITED are the familiar ones.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with defunctive
99 words · top score 10 · everyday: FIND, NEED, EVEN
The best of the 4-letter words from DEFUNCTIVE is FIVE, 10 points; CIVE and CUIF on 9 follow. FIND, NEED and EVEN are everyday picks.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with defunctive
65 words · top score 7 · everyday: END, NET, FUN
Among 65 3-letter words in DEFUNCTIVE, the top score is 7, reached by 8. END, NET and FUN are the familiar ones.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with defunctive
19 words · top score 5 · everyday: IN, IT
Of the 19 2-letter words made with DEFUNCTIVE letters, 4 score 5 points, the group's best. IN and IT are the ones most people know.
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Change One Tile in DEFUNCTIVE
This word has the length of DEFUNCTIVE, with one letter different:
- V N gives UNINFECTED · unscramble uninfected
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
What the Best DEFUNCTIVE Words Mean
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EDUCTIVE, INFECTED and INVECTED (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
- EDUCTIVE 14 · 17
- the act of educing
- INFECTED 14 · 16
- containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
- INVECTED 14 · 17
- edged by convex curves
- DEFUNCT 13 · 16
- no longer in force or use
- EVICTED 13 · 15
- to expel by legal process
- EVINCED 13 · 16
- to show clearly
- DEFECT 12 · 13
- an imperfection in a bodily system
- DEVICE 12 · 14
- an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
Can You Play DEFUNCTIVE in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
DEFUNCTIVE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the Words With Friends list leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFUNCTIVE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 291) | 226 | 290 | 213 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 63 of them: DEFUNCTIVE, VENEFIC, FECIT, FUNDIE, UNCITED, UNFEED, VEDUTE, VINTED, CIVE, INCEDE, VENITE, DEEV and 51 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: CUVEE, INFEED, UNICED, DEVI, CENTU, CUNIT, DETUNE, ENUF, IDENT, TENDU, VIN, TEC and 3 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: FI. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: DI.
Unscramble DEFUNCTIVE and you have 291 words, DEFUNCTIVE itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. VENEFIC is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.