Hidden inside defill is one standout: filled, a six-letter play worth 10 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 45 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
DEFILL isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to FILLED (verb, form of fill), to put as much as can be held into, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
filled is the highest-scoring word from defill, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 45 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling defill produces exactly one six-letter word: filled. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 5 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in defill. If a familiar word is all you need, start with field and filed. For points, the strongest plays are felid, field, filed, and flied — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in defill produces 15 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deli, fell and file. For points, the strongest plays are defi, delf, and fled — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling defill turns up 16 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, elf and fed. For points, the strongest plays are def, dif, fed, and fid — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 8 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in defill. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id and if. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, and if — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
2 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in defill plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in defill and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is filled, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from defill earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in defill produce 45 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 5 five-letter words, 15 four-letter words, 16 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.