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Anagrams of DEFENSE
No other English word uses exactly the 7 letters of DEFENSE, but they make 37 shorter words, like SEE, NEED and SEEN. Here they are by length, with their points.
DEFENSE: (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies (WordNet 3.1, Princeton University)
Full anagrams of DEFENSE (0)
No other English word uses exactly the letters D E F E N S E. The words below use some of them.
5-letter words from the letters of DEFENSE (5)
- DENES6
- DENSE6
- FEEDS9
- FENDS9
- NEEDS6
4-letter words from the letters of DEFENSE (15)
- DEES5
- DENE5
- DENS5
- ENDS5
- FEDS8
- FEED8
- FEES7
- FEND8
- FENS7
- NEED5
- SEED5
- SEEN4
- SEND5
- SENE4
- SNED5
3-letter words from the letters of DEFENSE (11)
- DEE4
- DEN4
- EFS6
- END4
- ENS3
- FED7
- FEE6
- FEN6
- NEE3
- SEE3
- SEN3
2-letter words from the letters of DEFENSE (6)
- DE3
- ED3
- EF5
- EN2
- ES2
- NE2
What the words from DEFENSE mean
- DENSE
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- FEEDS
- form of FEED: food for domestic livestock
- SEE
- perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
- NEED
- require as useful, just, or proper
- SEEN
- form of SEE: perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
- END
- either extremity of something that has length
- SEND
- cause to go somewhere
- NEEDS
- form of NEED: a condition requiring relief
Short definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
DEFENSE in numbers
- Letters
- 7 (3 vowels, 5 different)
- Full anagrams
- 0
- Words from its letters
- 37
- Longest shorter word
- DENES, DENSE and FEEDS (5 letters)
- Best score
- FEEDS, 9 points
- DEFENSE itself
- 11 points before bonus squares
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What is an anagram of DEFENSE?
No other English word uses exactly the letters D E F E N S E. The longest words you can make from them are DENES, DENSE and FEEDS.
How many words can you make from the letters of DEFENSE?
37 words of two letters or more, each letter used at most once, from Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words).
What is the highest-scoring word from DEFENSE?
FEEDS, worth 9 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares.
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