What DEFENSE Means
- noun: (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies“they died in the defense of Stalingrad”
- noun: protection from harm“sanitation is the best defense against disease”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEFENSE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 F4 E1 N1 S1 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In DEFENSE
61 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 (2)
5 letter words (10)
4 letter words (22)
3 letter words (19)
2 letter words (8)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.