definiens needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 120 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
definiens is the highest-scoring word from definiens, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 120 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in definiens — and it is definiens itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in definiens produces 5 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with defines. For points, the strongest plays are defines, deifies, edifies, and infeeds — 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 definiens turns up 13 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with define, denies, and inside. For points, the strongest plays are defies, define, fiends, finned, and infeed — 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 23 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in definiens. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dines, feeds, finds, needs, and nines. For points, the strongest plays are defis, feeds, fends, fiend, finds, and fined — 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 definiens produces 39 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dies, dine, ends, feed, fees, find, and fine. For points, the strongest plays are defi, difs, feds, feed, fend, fids, 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 definiens turns up 27 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, end, fed, fee, ids, see, and sin. 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 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in definiens. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id, if, in, and is. 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 definiens and you get a different nine-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 8 of the 9 letters, not all of them.
definiens 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 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
definiens is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing definiens unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is definiens, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from definiens 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 definiens produce 120 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 5 seven-letter words, 13 six-letter words, 23 five-letter words, 39 four-letter words, 27 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.