Unscrambling DEFENCE gives 21 words. DEFENCE is the longest, and DEFENCE scores the most at 13 points.
No other single word uses all 7 letters of DEFENCE. DEFENCE has 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants, worth 13 points before any board bonuses.
7-letter words 1
6-letter words 1
fenced12
5-letter words 1
fence10
4-letter words 5
cede7dene5feed8fend8need5
3-letter words 8
cee5dee4den4end4fed7fee6fen6nee3
2-letter words 5
de3ed3ef5en2ne2
Words are from our open word list and include some game-only words. Rude words are left out of this page; the unscrambler shows every valid word, lets you add blank tiles and filter by length.