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Words from letters DEFECTIVE

From the letters DEFECTIVE, you can form as many as 99 words - Check which ones

9 letter words:

  • defective18

7 letter words:

  • deceive13
  • evicted13
  • evictee12
What words can be composed of letters DEFECTIVE

6 letter words:

  • defect12
  • device12
  • evited10
  • deceit9

5 letter words:

  • viced11
  • civet10
  • evict10
  • fecit10
  • deeve9
  • feted9
  • fetid9
  • cited8
  • deice8
  • edict8
  • evite8
  • ticed8

4 letter words:

  • five10
  • cive9
  • fice9
  • vice9
  • deev8
  • defi8
  • deft8
  • deif8
  • dive8
  • feed8
  • vide8
  • vied8
  • cede7
  • cedi7
  • cide7
  • dice7
  • dict7
  • evet7
  • feet7
  • fete7
  • iced7
  • vite7
  • cete6
  • cite6
  • etic6
  • tice6
  • deet5
  • diet5
  • dite5
  • edit5
  • eide5
  • idee5
  • teed5
  • tide5
  • tied5

3 letter words:

  • def7
  • dev7
  • dif7
  • div7
  • fed7
  • fid7
  • vid7
  • cid6
  • eft6
  • eve6
  • fee6
  • fet6
  • fie6
  • fit6
  • tef6
  • vee6
  • vet6
  • vie6
  • cee5
  • cit5
  • ice5
  • tec5
  • tic5
  • dee4
  • dei4
  • die4
  • dit4
  • ide4
  • ted4
  • tid4
  • tee3
  • tie3

2 letter words:

  • ef5
  • fe5
  • if5
  • de3
  • di3
  • ed3
  • id3
  • ee2
  • et2
  • it2
  • te2
  • ti2

DEFECTIVE - Questions and Answers (FAQ)

What are the longest words that can be formed from the letters DEFECTIVE?

The longest word that can be formed from the letters DEFECTIVE is the word Defective. Number of letters: 9.
The second longest word is the word Deceive. Number of letters: 7.

What anagrams can be formed from the word DEFECTIVE?

Unfortunately, in English, there is no word that is an anagram of the word Defective.

How many points in Scrabble can we earn for the words formed from the letters D,E,F,E,C,T,I,V,E?

The highest-scoring word that can be formed from the letters DEFECTIVE is the word Defective. The number of points that can be earned for it is: 18.The second highest-scoring word is the word Deceive. The possible number of points is: 13.

How many letters does the word DEFECTIVE have? How many vowels and consonants does it have?

Word Defective - number of letters: 9. The word Defective contains vowels. The number of vowels is: 4. The list of vowels present in this word is: E, E, E, I. The word Defective contains consonants. The number of consonants is: 5. The list of consonants present in this word is: C, D, F, T, V.

How to properly pronounce the word DEFECTIVE?


Letter Analysis - word DEFECTIVE

The word DEFECTIVE, after removing repeating characters, consists of the letters: C, D, E, F, I, T, V. Below, we will analyze each one of them.

The letter C in the word DEFECTIVE

Words that start with the letter C
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 1 0,0
3 48 0,2
4 307 1,3
5 888 3,7
6 1756 7,3
7 2771 11,5
8 3578 14,8
9 3737 15,5
10 3344 13,9
11 2724 11,3
12 2069 8,6
13 1417 5,9
14 904 3,7
15 576 2,4
Words ending with the letter C
Number of letters The number of words [%]
3 25 0,4
4 39 0,6
5 124 2,1
6 291 4,8
7 465 7,7
8 749 12,5
9 874 14,6
10 985 16,4
11 945 15,7
12 704 11,7
13 422 7,0
14 248 4,1
15 133 2,2
Occurrences of the letter C in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter C The number of words [%]
0 183088 68,4
1 72018 26,9
2 11766 4,4
3 836 0,3
4 43 0,0

The letter D in the word DEFECTIVE

Words that start with the letter D
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 4 0,0
3 66 0,4
4 318 2,0
5 650 4,1
6 1138 7,1
7 1754 11,0
8 2156 13,5
9 2307 14,5
10 2155 13,5
11 1810 11,4
12 1438 9,0
13 1006 6,3
14 672 4,2
15 443 2,8
Words ending with the letter D
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 4 0,0
3 76 0,3
4 295 1,2
5 807 3,3
6 2482 10,3
7 3497 14,5
8 4430 18,4
9 4166 17,3
10 3400 14,1
11 2330 9,7
12 1398 5,8
13 671 2,8
14 384 1,6
15 157 0,7
Occurrences of the letter D in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter D The number of words [%]
0 195400 73,0
1 63632 23,8
2 8083 3,0
3 611 0,2
4 25 0,0

The letter E in the word DEFECTIVE

Words that start with the letter E
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 12 0,1
3 58 0,5
4 158 1,4
5 288 2,6
6 673 6,1
7 1169 10,6
8 1638 14,9
9 1830 16,6
10 1677 15,2
11 1279 11,6
12 958 8,7
13 653 5,9
14 371 3,4
15 266 2,4
Words ending with the letter E
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 14 0,1
3 107 0,4
4 689 2,5
5 1477 5,4
6 2627 9,6
7 3501 12,8
8 4448 16,3
9 4844 17,7
10 3621 13,2
11 2594 9,5
12 1630 6,0
13 985 3,6
14 527 1,9
15 286 1,0
Occurrences of the letter E in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter E The number of words [%]
0 81615 30,5
1 114602 42,8
2 55768 20,8
3 13772 5,1
4 1842 0,7
5 152 0,1

The letter F in the word DEFECTIVE

Words that start with the letter F
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 3 0,0
3 58 0,6
4 251 2,5
5 575 5,7
6 960 9,5
7 1421 14,0
8 1811 17,9
9 1643 16,2
10 1275 12,6
11 893 8,8
12 590 5,8
13 353 3,5
14 218 2,1
15 90 0,9
Words ending with the letter F
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 3 0,6
3 25 4,9
4 114 22,2
5 80 15,6
6 57 11,1
7 68 13,3
8 55 10,7
9 58 11,3
10 29 5,7
11 13 2,5
12 11 2,1
Occurrences of the letter F in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter F The number of words [%]
0 241957 90,4
1 22801 8,5
2 2864 1,1
3 115 0,0
4 14 0,0

The letter I in the word DEFECTIVE

Words that start with the letter I
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 6 0,1
3 26 0,3
4 69 0,7
5 157 1,7
6 375 4,0
7 651 6,9
8 957 10,2
9 1232 13,1
10 1358 14,5
11 1341 14,3
12 1192 12,7
13 921 9,8
14 611 6,5
15 494 5,3
Words ending with the letter I
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 14 0,9
3 32 2,2
4 145 9,8
5 253 17,2
6 270 18,3
7 255 17,3
8 195 13,2
9 140 9,5
10 93 6,3
11 38 2,6
12 21 1,4
13 13 0,9
14 5 0,3
Occurrences of the letter I in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter I The number of words [%]
0 107284 40,1
1 111312 41,6
2 39717 14,8
3 8146 3,0
4 1170 0,4
5 113 0,0
6 9 0,0

The letter T in the word DEFECTIVE

Words that start with the letter T
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 4 0,0
3 71 0,5
4 349 2,5
5 787 5,7
6 1331 9,6
7 1937 13,9
8 2176 15,6
9 2009 14,4
10 1661 11,9
11 1326 9,5
12 944 6,8
13 633 4,5
14 425 3,1
15 266 1,9
Words ending with the letter T
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 5 0,0
3 93 0,7
4 436 3,4
5 710 5,5
6 1220 9,4
7 1781 13,8
8 2487 19,2
9 2215 17,1
10 1478 11,4
11 994 7,7
12 666 5,1
13 450 3,5
14 270 2,1
15 135 1,0
Occurrences of the letter T in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter T The number of words [%]
0 139915 52,3
1 98923 36,9
2 26273 9,8
3 2558 1,0
4 82 0,0

The letter V in the word DEFECTIVE

Words that start with the letter V
Number of letters The number of words [%]
3 29 0,7
4 110 2,5
5 231 5,2
6 419 9,5
7 547 12,4
8 684 15,5
9 703 15,9
10 566 12,8
11 423 9,6
12 291 6,6
13 218 4,9
14 138 3,1
15 55 1,2
Words ending with the letter V
Number of letters The number of words [%]
3 13 33,3
4 12 30,8
5 4 10,3
6 3 7,7
7 1 2,6
8 4 10,3
9 1 2,6
11 1 2,6
Occurrences of the letter V in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter V The number of words [%]
0 246013 91,9
1 20963 7,8
2 767 0,3
3 8 0,0

The number of letters in the word DEFECTIVE: 9

Below we present the statistics of the occurrence of other 9-letter words in English. Analysis by first and last letter

Compilation of 9-letter words, sorted by the first letter
The first letter in the word The number of words [%]
A 2471 6,1
B 2356 5,8
C 3737 9,2
D 2307 5,7
E 1830 4,5
F 1643 4,0
G 1291 3,2
H 1435 3,5
I 1232 3,0
J 312 0,8
K 383 0,9
L 1100 2,7
M 2217 5,4
N 878 2,2
O 1401 3,4
P 3467 8,5
Q 206 0,5
R 2269 5,6
S 4904 12,0
T 2009 4,9
U 1411 3,5
V 703 1,7
W 882 2,2
X 44 0,1
Y 86 0,2
Z 153 0,4
Summary of words with 9 letters, according to the letter they end with
The last letter in the word The number of words [%]
A 635 1,6
B 22 0,1
C 874 2,1
D 4166 10,2
E 4844 11,9
F 58 0,1
G 3347 8,2
H 453 1,1
I 140 0,3
K 357 0,9
L 1076 2,6
M 759 1,9
N 1423 3,5
O 148 0,4
P 138 0,3
R 2074 5,1
S 15614 38,3
T 2215 5,4
U 14 0,0
V 1 0,0
W 43 0,1
X 43 0,1
Y 2274 5,6
Z 9 0,0

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