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Unscramble DEFINES — 97 words
The letters DEFINES rearrange into 2 full anagrams and 97 words in total.
- Total words
- 97
- Full anagrams
- 2
- Longest answer
- 7 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 4
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (E, I, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 4 remaining consonants (D, F, N, S).
Anagrams of DEFINES
2 words use all 7 letters — every full rearrangement of the scramble:
- defines
- infeeds
7-letter words
2 words found- defines61
- infeeds61
6-letter words
7 words found- defies10
- define10
- denies7
- dienes7
- fiends10
- infeed10
- seined7
5-letter words
16 words found- defis9
- feeds9
- fends9
- fiend9
- finds9
- fined9
- fines8
- neifs8
- denes6
- dense6
- diene6
- dines6
- needs6
- nides6
- snide6
+ 1 more 5-letter word
4-letter words
34 words found- defi8
- difs8
- feds8
- feed8
- fend8
- fids8
- find8
- fees7
- fens7
- fine7
- fins7
- neif7
- seif7
- dees5
- dene5
+ 19 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
26 words found- def7
- dif7
- fed7
- fid7
- efs6
- fee6
- fen6
- fes6
- fie6
- fin6
- ifs6
- dee4
- den4
- die4
- din4
+ 11 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
12 words found- de3
- ed3
- ef5
- en2
- es2
- fe5
- id3
- if5
- in2
- is2
- ne2
- si2
Words hidden inside DEFINES
Without moving a single letter, reading defines straight through uncovers 6 shorter words — define, fines, defi, fine, def, fin. The longest unbroken run is define.
- define10
- fines8
- defi8
- fine7
- def7
- fin6
Related jumbles to try
Same letters, different word: unscramble infeeds.
Shorter words inside DEFINES — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to DEFINES
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and defines opens up 5 8-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
- defines61
- infeeds61
- defies10
- define10
- fiends10
- infeed10
- defis9
- feeds9
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
7
Distinct
6
Vowels
43%
E, I, E
Consonants
57%
D, F, N, S
Solving DEFINES: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters defines?
Rearranging the 7 letters in defines produces 97 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 7-letter answer defines here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does defines have any anagrams?
Using every one of the 7 letters, defines can be rearranged into 2 words: defines and infeeds. These are full anagrams — each uses the same tiles in a different order.
What is the longest word you can make from defines?
The longest solutions run to 7 letters: defines and infeeds. Reaching the full length means every one of those tiles is in play at once.
What are the easiest short words from defines?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: defines yields dee, def, den, die, dif, din, dis, eds, efs and end. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from defines scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, defines is the top scorer from defines at 61 points, followed by infeeds (61), defies (10) and define (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside defines?
Read left to right without moving any letters and defines already contains 6 shorter words: define, fines, defi, fine, def and fin. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is define. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.