What FORFEND Means
- verb: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off“Let's avoid a confrontation”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
FORFEND is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 O1 R1 F4 E1 N1 D2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In FORFEND
87 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 (3)
5 letter words (9)
4 letter words (26)
DEFODERNDERODOENDOERDOFFDONEDOREFENDFEODFERNFOENFONDFONEFORDFOREFROENERDNODEONERORFEREDORENDRODEROEDRONE
3 letter words (34)
DEFDENDOEDOFDONDOREFFENDEONERFERNFEDFENFERFOEFONFORFRONEDNEFNODNORODEOFFONEORDOREORFREDREFRENREORODROE
2 letter words (15)
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