Hidden inside defines sit defines and infeeds, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 11 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 97 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
defines and infeeds tie for the highest Scrabble score from defines at 11 points. The top 10 of 97 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 seven-letter words hiding in defines: one comes from rearranging its letters, and defines itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with defines. For points, the strongest plays are defines 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 defines turns up 7 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with define and denies. For points, the strongest plays are defies, define, fiends, 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 16 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in defines. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dines, feeds, finds, and needs. 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 defines produces 34 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 defines turns up 26 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 defines. 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 defines 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.
defines 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.
Dictionaries record five senses for defines. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 11 points on a Scrabble board:
defines is one of two seven-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing defines unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are defines and infeeds, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from defines 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 defines produce 97 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 seven-letter words, 7 six-letter words, 16 five-letter words, 34 four-letter words, 26 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.