deftest needs no unscrambling at all — the seven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 11 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 51 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
deftest is the highest-scoring word from deftest, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 51 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one seven-letter word uses the letters in deftest — and it is deftest itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling deftest turns up 3 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with tested. For points, the strongest play is fetted — worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 5 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in deftest. If a familiar word is all you need, start with feeds. For points, the strongest plays are feeds and feted — 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 deftest produces 19 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with feed, fees, feet, seed, and test. For points, the strongest plays are deft, feds, and feed — 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 deftest turns up 16 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with fed, fee, see, and set. For points, the strongest plays are def and fed — 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 7 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in deftest. No common everyday answer stands out among these two-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are ef and fe, 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 deftest 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.
deftest 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.
Both totals match, because every tile in deftest carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
deftest is the only seven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing deftest unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is deftest, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from deftest 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 deftest produce 51 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 3 six-letter words, 5 five-letter words, 19 four-letter words, 16 three-letter words and 7 two-letter words.