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Unscramble defense

62 words come out when you unscramble DEFENSE, starting with DEFENSE itself: 11 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is FEESED, 10 points. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of DEFENSE in one turn: 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50), 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).

NSEEEDF unscrambles to DEFENSE: these are all the words its letters make. Looking for feeensd, enfeeds, eeesfdn, endsfee, seenefd, fedesen, sedneef, eeedsfn, fedense or fendees? They use the same letters as DEFENSE, 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.

Possible Words From defense

Counting the words from DEFENSE by length: 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 10 with 5, 22 with 4, 19 with 3 and 8 with 2.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with defense

6 Letter Words You Can Make with defense

The best of the 6-letter words made with DEFENSE letters is FEESED, 10 points; NEESED on 7 follows.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with defense

FEEDS and FENDS are the top 5-letter words in DEFENSE, 9 points each. NEEDS and DENSE will look familiar.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with defense

Among the 4-letter words from DEFENSE, FEDS, FEED and FEND tie for first at 8 points. NEED, SEND and SEEN are everyday picks.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with defense

DEF and FED share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFENSE. SEE, END and FEE are the ones most people know.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with defense

Among the 2-letter words made with DEFENSE letters, EF and FE tie for first at 5 points.

Change One Tile in DEFENSE

Keep every letter of DEFENSE but one, change that one, and you get:

More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in SE · all 7-letter words

Meanings of the Strongest DEFENSE Answers

DEFENSE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

DEFENSE 11 · 12
to guard against a specific attack
FEEDS 9 · 9
to give food to
FENDS 9 · 10
to ward off
FEDS 8 · 8
a federal agent
FEED 8 · 8
to pay a fixed charge to
FEND 8 · 9
to ward off
FED 7 · 7
a federal agent
FEES 7 · 7
to pay a fixed charge to

DEFENSE in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?

Yes. DEFENSE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
DEFENSE itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 62)436238

* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.

Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 19 of them: FEESED, FEENS, FEESE, FEEN, NEESED, NEFS, DEENS, NEF, SNEED, DEEN, NEDS, NEESE and 7 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: DEF, FES, FE, EDS and ESNE.

Add a Letter to DEFENSE

These 6 words take every letter of DEFENSE plus a single extra one.

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