Unscramble DEFENCE and you have 30 words, DEFENCE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is FENCED, 12 points. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. DEFENCE as a single 7-tile play makes 63 in Scrabble, 13 plus the 50 bonus, and 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
NDFEECE unscrambles to DEFENCE: these are all the words its letters make. Looking for feeecnd, cenefed, nedefec, feednce, fndceee, cefdeen, fendece, feedcne, defecen or eefndec? They use the same letters as DEFENCE, 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 DEFENCE by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 1 with 5, 7 with 4, 13 with 3 and 7 with 2.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words made with DEFENCE letters: FENCED, 12 points.
Just 1 of the 5-letter words in DEFENCE: FENCE, for 10 points.
Keep every letter of DEFENCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in CE · all 7-letter words
The meaning of DEFENCE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DEFENCE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFENCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 30) | 23 | 30 | 21 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FEEN, NEF, DEEN, NED, EEN, ENE and EE, 7 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEF and FE, 2 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of DEFENCE and one more.