Jumble solved
Is DEFOLIATES a word? Yes.
DEFOLIATES is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 10 letters, worth 14 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 700 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 700
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 10 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 5 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 5 vowels (E, O, I, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (D, F, L, T, S).
Anagrams of DEFOLIATES
One word uses all 10 letters:
- defoliates
10-letter words
1 word found9-letter words
2 words found8-letter words
13 words found7-letter words
34 words found- deafest11
- defeats11
- defiles11
- deflate11
- defleas11
- deleafs11
- feasted11
- feedlot11
- fileted11
- floated11
- foisted11
- stifled11
- felsite10
- fetials10
- folates10
+ 19 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
102 words found- afield10
- defats10
- defeat10
- defies10
- defile10
- deflea10
- deleaf10
- delfts10
- failed10
- fasted10
- feased10
- felids10
- felted10
- fields10
- fisted10
+ 87 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
183 words found+ 168 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
230 words found+ 215 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
101 words found+ 86 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
34 words found+ 19 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside DEFOLIATES
Without moving a single letter, reading defoliates straight through uncovers 8 shorter words — defoliate, foliates, foliate, folia, ates, ate, and more. The longest unbroken run is defoliate.
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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
10
Distinct
9
Vowels
50%
E, O, I, A, E
Consonants
50%
D, F, L, T, S
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Solving DEFOLIATES: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters defoliates?
Rearranging the 10 letters in defoliates produces 700 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 10-letter answer defoliates here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does defoliates have any anagrams?
Using all 10 letters, defoliates rearranges into exactly one word: defoliates.
What is the longest word you can make from defoliates?
The longest solution is defoliates at 10 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from defoliates?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: defoliates yields ado, ads, aft, aid, ail, ais, ait, ale, als and alt. 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 defoliates scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, defoliates is the top scorer from defoliates at 14 points, followed by defoliate (13), sealifted (13) and deflates (12). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside defoliates?
Read left to right without moving any letters and defoliates already contains 8 shorter words: defoliate, foliates, foliate, folia, ates and ate (plus 2 more). The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is defoliate. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.