What FEND Means
- verb: try to manage without help“The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died”
- verb: withstand the force of something“The trees resisted her”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
FEND is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 E1 N1 D2.
Words Made From The Letters In FEND
13 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 (7)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing FEND
FEND appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
DEFENDDEFENDABLEDEFENDANTDEFENDANTSDEFENDEDDEFENDERDEFENDERSDEFENDINGDEFENDSEFFENDIEFFENDISFENDEDFENDERFENDEREDFENDERLESSFENDERSFENDIERFENDIESTFENDINGFENDSFENDYFOREFENDFOREFENDEDFOREFENDSFORFENDFORFENDEDFORFENDINGFORFENDSOFFENDOFFENDEDOFFENDEDLYOFFENDEROFFENDERSOFFENDINGOFFENDRESSOFFENDSREOFFENDREOFFENDEDREOFFENDERREOFFENDS
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