definition needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 14 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 147 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
definition is the highest-scoring word from definition, worth 14 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 147 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in definition — and it is definition itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in definition. If a familiar word is all you need, start with infinite. For points, the strongest plays are notified and tonified — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling definition turns up 15 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with intend. For points, the strongest plays are finned, foetid, and foined — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 25 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in definition. If a familiar word is all you need, start with idiot and often. For points, the strongest plays are fetid, fiend, and fined — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in definition produces 43 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with diet, dine and done. For points, 7 words tie at 8 points, including find, defi and deft.
Unscrambling definition turns up 37 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, dot and end. For points, the strongest plays are def, dif, fed, and fid — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 21 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in definition. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, id and if. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, if, and of — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in definition plus one additional letter.
definition 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.
Dictionaries record two senses for definition. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 14 points on a Scrabble board:
definition is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing definition unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is definition, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and no other word from definition 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 definition produce 147 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 3 eight-letter words, 2 seven-letter words, 15 six-letter words, 25 five-letter words, 43 four-letter words, 37 three-letter words and 21 two-letter words.