Jumble solved
Is DEFUSES a word? Yes.
DEFUSES is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 7 letters, worth 11 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 57 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 57
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 7 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 4
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (E, U, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 4 remaining consonants (D, F, S, S).
Anagrams of DEFUSES
One word uses all 7 letters:
- defuses
7-letter words
1 word found- defuses61
6-letter words
5 words found5-letter words
10 words found4-letter words
20 words found+ 5 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
15 words found2-letter words
6 words foundWords hidden inside DEFUSES
Without moving a single letter, reading defuses straight through uncovers 6 shorter words — defuse, fuses, fuse, uses, def, use. The longest unbroken run is defuse.
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Shorter words inside DEFUSES — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to DEFUSES
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and defuses opens up 1 8-letter word. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
- defusers12
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
7
Distinct
5
Vowels
43%
E, U, E
Consonants
57%
D, F, S, S
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Solving DEFUSES: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters defuses?
Rearranging the 7 letters in defuses produces 57 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 defuses here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does defuses have any anagrams?
Using all 7 letters, defuses rearranges into exactly one word: defuses.
What is the longest word you can make from defuses?
The longest solution is defuses at 7 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from defuses?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: defuses yields dee, def, due, eds, efs, ess, fed, fee, fes and feu. 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 defuses scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, defuses is the top scorer from defuses at 61 points, followed by defuse (10), fessed (10) and fussed (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside defuses?
Read left to right without moving any letters and defuses already contains 6 shorter words: defuse, fuses, fuse, uses, def and use. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is defuse. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.