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2518 Playable Words can be made from "DEFININGCHARACTER"
2-Letter Words
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33 found
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aa
ad
ae
ag
ah
ai
an
ar
at
da
de
ed
ef
eh
en
er
et
fa
fe
gi
ha
he
hi
id
if
in
it
na
ne
re
ta
te
ti
3-Letter Words
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145 found
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aah
ace
act
aft
aga
age
aha
ahi
aid
ain
air
ait
ana
and
ane
ani
ant
arc
are
arf
art
ate
cad
caf
can
car
cat
cee
chi
cig
dag
dah
dan
dee
def
den
die
dif
dig
din
dit
ear
eat
edh
eft
end
eng
era
ere
erg
ern
err
eta
eth
fad
fah
fan
far
fat
fed
fee
feh
fen
fer
fet
fid
fie
fig
fin
fir
fit
gad
gae
gan
gar
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4-Letter Words
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305 found
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acai
aced
ache
acid
acne
acre
acta
adit
afar
agar
aged
agee
ager
agha
agin
ahed
aide
airn
airt
anga
anna
anta
ante
anti
arch
area
areg
argh
aria
arid
arie
caca
cade
cadi
cafe
cage
caid
cain
cane
cant
card
care
carn
carr
cart
cate
cath
ceca
cede
cedi
cent
cere
cert
cete
chad
chai
char
chat
chef
chia
chic
chid
chin
chit
cine
cire
cite
crag
cred
cria
crit
dace
daft
dang
dare
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5-Letter Words
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410 found
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aahed
aargh
acari
aceta
ached
acing
acini
acned
acred
acrid
acted
actin
adage
aecia
aerie
afire
afrit
after
again
agate
agene
agent
agita
agree
agria
ahead
ahing
aider
aired
airer
airth
aitch
anear
anent
anger
antae
anted
antic
antra
antre
arced
archi
areae
areca
areic
arena
arene
arete
arhat
atigi
atria
cache
cacti
cadet
cadge
cadre
caeca
caged
cager
caird
cairn
caned
caner
canid
canna
carat
cared
carer
caret
carte
catch
cater
cedar
ceder
cerci
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6-Letter Words
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551 found
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aahing
aarrgh
acarid
accede
accent
acedia
acetic
acetin
achene
achier
aching
acidic
acinar
acinic
acting
adhere
adnate
adrift
aedine
aerate
aeried
aerier
aether
afeard
afghan
afraid
afreet
agaric
agenda
agnate
agrafe
agreed
aiding
aigret
airier
airing
airted
anagen
anarch
angina
anteed
anther
antiar
antifa
anting
arcade
arcane
arched
archer
arcing
arctic
ardent
argent
arider
aright
arnica
arrant
artier
artigi
cached
cachet
cadent
cadger
cafard
caftan
cagier
cahier
canard
cancan
cancer
cancha
canine
caning
canned
canner
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7-Letter Words
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494 found
)
acanthi
acarine
acceder
accidia
accidie
accrete
acerate
acratic
acreage
acrider
actinia
actinic
adenine
adherer
aecidia
aerated
afeared
afghani
agender
agented
aginner
agnatic
airdate
airfare
airhead
airthed
airting
ancient
andante
aneared
anergia
anergic
angered
angrier
anhinga
antacid
anteing
antiair
anticar
antigen
antired
araneid
archaic
archine
arching
arenite
arraign
arrange
caching
cadence
cairned
candent
cannier
canteen
canthic
cantina
canting
cardiac
cardiae
carding
carfare
carinae
carnage
carried
cartage
carting
catagen
catarrh
catcher
catenae
cateran
catered
caterer
catface
cathead
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8-Letter Words
(
318 found
)
acceding
accented
accident
accredit
accreted
acentric
acerated
acierate
acridine
actiniae
actinian
actinide
adherent
adhering
aerating
aerified
aetheric
agenetic
aircraft
airthing
anarchic
anearing
antherid
antiacne
antiarin
antigene
arachnid
arancini
arcading
argentic
arginine
arranged
artifice
atechnic
cacheted
caftaned
cancered
cantered
canthari
carageen
carangid
carcanet
cardigan
carditic
carinate
carriage
carritch
catchier
catching
catechin
catering
cathedra
centiare
centring
cercaria
cetacean
chaining
chairing
chancier
chancing
chantage
chanting
characid
characin
charring
charting
cheating
cheering
chertier
chicaned
chicaner
chigetai
chirring
cinching
craftier
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9-Letter Words
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165 found
)
acaricide
accenting
accreting
acetified
acierated
acritarch
aftercare
ancienter
antigenic
archfiend
arraigned
artificer
cacheting
cadencing
cafeteria
cantering
careening
careering
carinated
carnified
carnitine
cartridge
catfacing
cathedrae
centering
cercariae
certainer
certified
certifier
chagrined
character
chartered
chicaning
chieftain
cindering
cineraria
circadian
circinate
cnidarian
cranching
cratering
crediting
deafening
deathcare
decanting
decerning
defeating
defecting
defencing
deferring
deficient
dehairing
denigrate
detaching
detaining
deterring
diaeretic
diarrheic
dicentric
digenetic
directing
dithering
drenching
echinacea
enchained
enchanted
enchanter
endearing
engrafted
engrained
enriching
entrained
entrainer
entranced
eradicate
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10-Letter Words
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64 found
)
acierating
adrenergic
airfreight
anteceding
antheridia
anthracene
anticancer
cachinnate
carragheen
catarrhine
centigrade
chagrinned
chartering
creatinine
deaerating
decentring
defecating
dentifrice
deracinate
detraining
diagenetic
diarrhetic
directrice
eradiating
feathering
federating
fratricide
frightened
garnierite
gentrified
gentrifier
grandniece
greenfinch
handicraft
heartening
herniating
incarnated
incinerate
inearthing
infracting
ingathered
ingredient
interchain
interfaced
intergrade
interregna
intragenic
intrenched
irradiance
radicating
reacceding
reaccredit
recharting
recreating
redefining
redrafting
reenacting
refinanced
refracting
refraining
reteaching
retraining
retreading
technician
11-Letter Words
(
22 found
)
accrediting
cachinnated
cantharidin
carrageenin
charactered
eradicating
grandfather
incarcerate
incinerated
inheritance
interceding
interchange
interfacing
interfering
reaccenting
redirecting
rehardening
reincarnate
reinfecting
reradiating
rethreading
retrenching
12-Letter Words
(
9 found
)
charactering
deracinating
handcrafting
handicrafter
heartrending
hereditarian
incarcerated
interchanger
reincarnated
13-Letter Words
(
2 found
)
incarcerating
reaccrediting
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