What DEFUNCT Means
- adjective: no longer in force or use; inactive“a defunct law”
- adjective: having ceased to exist or live“the will of a defunct aunt”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEFUNCT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 F4 U1 N1 C3 T1.
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 DEFUNCT
64 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 (6)
4 letter words (20)
3 letter words (26)
2 letter words (11)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.