Hidden inside detefa is one standout: defeat, a six-letter play worth 10 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 46 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
DETEFA isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to DEFEAT (verb), to win victory over, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
defeat is the highest-scoring word from detefa, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 46 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling detefa produces exactly one six-letter word: defeat. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in detefa. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are defat, fated, and feted, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in detefa produces 13 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with date, deaf and fate. For points, 5 words tie at 8 points, including deaf, feed and daft.
Unscrambling detefa turns up 17 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ate, eat and fat. For points, the strongest plays are def, fad, and fed — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in detefa. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad and at. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fa, and fe — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
6 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in detefa plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in detefa 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 defeat, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from detefa 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 detefa produce 46 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 3 five-letter words, 13 four-letter words, 17 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.