Hidden inside forefended sit forefended and reoffended, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 18 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 134 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
forefended and reoffended tie for the highest Scrabble score from forefended at 18 points. The top 10 of 134 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in forefended: one comes from rearranging its letters, and forefended itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are forefended and reoffended, each worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling forefended produces exactly one nine-letter word: forfended. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 17 points in Scrabble.
There are 6 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in forefended. Here the everyday answer and the top-scoring play are one and the same: offended, worth 16 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in forefended produces 4 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with offered. For points, the strongest plays are forfend and offered — each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling forefended turns up 24 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with defend, needed, and offend. For points, the strongest play is doffed — worth 14 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 18 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in forefended. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ended and offer. For points, the strongest plays are effed and offed — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in forefended produces 32 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deed, deer, done, feed, free, need, and nerd. For points, the strongest play is doff — 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 forefended turns up 32 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with end, fed, fee, for, nor, odd, and off. For points, the strongest plays are eff and off — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in forefended. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, no, of, on, and or. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, and of — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
forefended 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.
forefended is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing forefended unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are forefended and reoffended, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from forefended 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 forefended produce 134 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 1 nine-letter word, 6 eight-letter words, 4 seven-letter words, 24 six-letter words, 18 five-letter words, 32 four-letter words, 32 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.