Hidden inside definer sit definer and refined, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 11 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 99 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
definer and refined tie for the highest Scrabble score from definer at 11 points. The top 10 of 99 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 seven-letter words hiding in definer: one comes from rearranging its letters, and definer itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are definer and refined, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling definer turns up 13 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with define and friend. For points, the strongest plays are defier, define, fender, finder, friend, infeed, redfin, and refind — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 14 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in definer. If a familiar word is all you need, start with diner, finer, fired, and fried. For points, the strongest plays are defer, fiend, fined, fired, freed, fried, and refed — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in definer produces 33 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deer, dine, feed, find, fine, fire, and free. For points, the strongest plays are defi, feed, fend, and find — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling definer turns up 26 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, end, fed, fee, red, and rid. For points, the strongest plays are def, dif, fed, and fid — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 11 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in definer. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id, if, and in. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, and if — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in definer and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
definer is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
definer is one of two seven-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing definer unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are definer and refined, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from definer 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 definer produce 99 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 seven-letter words, 13 six-letter words, 14 five-letter words, 33 four-letter words, 26 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.