nondefense needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 14 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 101 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
nondefense is the highest-scoring word from nondefense, worth 14 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 101 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in nondefense — and it is nondefense itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in nondefense produces 2 valid seven-letter words. Here the everyday answer and the top-scoring play are one and the same: defense, 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 nondefense turns up 3 six-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are donees, donnee, and neoned, 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 15 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in nondefense. If a familiar word is all you need, start with feeds and needs. For points, the strongest plays are feeds, fends, feods, and fonds — 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 nondefense produces 35 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with does, done, ends, feed, fees, need, and none. For points, the strongest plays are feds, feed, fend, feod, and fond — 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 nondefense turns up 30 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with end, fed, fee, one, see, and son. 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 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in nondefense. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, no, of, on, and so. 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.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in nondefense plus one additional letter.
nondefense 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 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
nondefense is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing nondefense unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is nondefense, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and no other word from nondefense 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 nondefense produce 101 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 2 seven-letter words, 3 six-letter words, 15 five-letter words, 35 four-letter words, 30 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.