Jumble solved
Is DEFINITE a word? Yes.
DEFINITE is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 8 letters, worth 12 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 89 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 89
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 8 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 4
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (E, I, I, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 4 remaining consonants (D, F, N, T).
Anagrams of DEFINITE
One word uses all 8 letters:
- definite
8-letter words
1 word found- definite12
7-letter words
1 word found- feinted11
6-letter words
6 words found5-letter words
12 words found4-letter words
31 words found+ 16 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
25 words found+ 10 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
13 words foundWords hidden inside DEFINITE
Without moving a single letter, reading definite straight through uncovers 6 shorter words — finite, defi, nite, def, fin, nit. The longest unbroken run is finite.
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Shorter words inside DEFINITE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to DEFINITE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and definite opens up 2 9-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).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
8
Distinct
6
Vowels
50%
E, I, I, E
Consonants
50%
D, F, N, T
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Solving DEFINITE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters definite?
Rearranging the 8 letters in definite produces 89 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 8-letter answer definite here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does definite have any anagrams?
Using all 8 letters, definite rearranges into exactly one word: definite.
What is the longest word you can make from definite?
The longest solution is definite at 8 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from definite?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: definite yields dee, def, den, die, dif, din, dit, eft, end and fed. 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 definite scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, definite is the top scorer from definite at 12 points, followed by feinted (11), define (10) and infeed (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside definite?
Read left to right without moving any letters and definite already contains 6 shorter words: finite, defi, nite, def, fin and nit. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is finite. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.