What DEFILES Means
DEFILES is a form of DEFILE, which means:
- verb: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon“sully someone's reputation”
- verb: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically“The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air”
- noun: a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEFILES 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 I1 L1 E1 S1.
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 DEFILES
142 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 (11)
5 letter words (31)
DEFISDEILSDELESDELFSDELISEDILEEILDSEISELELFEDELIDEESILEFEEDSFEELSFELIDFIDESFIELDFILEDFILESFLEESFLIEDFLIESIDEESIDLESISLEDLIEFSLIFESSEELDSIDLESIELDSILEDSLIDE
4 letter words (53)
DEESDEFIDEIFDEILDELEDELFDELIDELSDESIDIELDIESDIFSEELSEIDEEILDELDSELFSELSEFEDSFEEDFEELFEESFEISFIDSFILEFILSFLEDFLEEIDEEIDESIDLEISLELEEDLEESLEISLIDSLIEDLIEFLIESLIFESEEDSEELSEIFSEILSELDSELESELFSIDESILDSILESLEDSLEESLID
3 letter words (34)
DEEDEFDEIDELDIEDIFDISEDSEELEFSELDELFELSFEDFEEFESFIDFIEFILIDEIDSIFSLEDLEELEILESLIDLIELISSEDSEESEISELSIF
2 letter words (13)
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