What DEFECTS Means
DEFECTS is a form of DEFECT, which means:
- noun: an imperfection in a bodily system“visual defects”
- noun: a failing or deficiency“that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information”
- verb: desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army“If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEFECTS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 F4 E1 C3 T1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In DEFECTS
60 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (1)
5 letter words (8)
4 letter words (22)
3 letter words (20)
2 letter words (9)
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