What DEFY Means
- verb: resist or confront with resistance“The politician defied public opinion”
- verb: elude, especially in a baffling way“This behavior defies explanation”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEFY 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 Y4.
Words Made From The Letters In DEFY
11 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.
3 letter words (5)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing DEFY
DEFY appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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