redefine needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 106 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
redefine is the highest-scoring word from redefine, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 106 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in redefine — and it is redefine itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in redefine produces 3 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with needier. For points, the strongest plays are definer and refined — 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 redefine turns up 17 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with define and friend. For points, the strongest plays are defier, define, feeder, fender, finder, friend, infeed, redfin, reefed, refeed, and refind — 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 15 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in redefine. If a familiar word is all you need, start with diner, finer, fired, and fried. For points, the strongest plays are defer, fiend, fined, fired, freed, fried, and refed — 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 redefine produces 33 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deer, dine, feed, find, fine, fire, and free. For points, the strongest plays are defi, feed, fend, 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 redefine turns up 26 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, end, fed, fee, red, and rid. 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 11 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in redefine. If a familiar word is all you need, start with id, if, and in. 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 redefine and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
redefine 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 two senses for redefine. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
redefine is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing redefine unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is redefine, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from redefine 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 redefine produce 106 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 3 seven-letter words, 17 six-letter words, 15 five-letter words, 33 four-letter words, 26 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.