What FORFENDING Means
FORFENDING is a form of FORFEND, which 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
FORFENDING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 O1 R1 F4 E1 N1 D2 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In FORFENDING
342 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.
9 letter words (1)
8 letter words (1)
7 letter words (21)
DOFFINGDRONINGENDIRONERODINGFENDINGFERNINGFIREDOGFONDINGFORDINGFOREIGNFORFENDFRINGEDGRIFFONGRINNEDGROINEDIGNOREDINFERNONEGRONIREDOINGREFFINGRENDING
6 letter words (52)
DERINGDIEOFFDIFFERDINERODINGERDINNERDOFFERDONINGEFFINGENDINGENDRINENGIRDENRINGERINGOERNINGFINDERFINGERFINNEDFINNERFOINEDFONDERFONNEDFORGEDFRIDGEFRIENDFRINGEFROINGGINNEDGINNERGIRNEDGOFFEDGOFFERGONIFFGRIFFEGRONEDIGNOREIRONEDNIFFEDNIFFEROFFENDOFFINGONDINEONDINGREDFINREDINGREFINDREGIONRIFFEDRINGEDRODINGROINEDRONNIE
5 letter words (64)
DEFFODEFOGDEIGNDERIGDINERDINGEDINGODIRGEDOGIEDOINGDONERDONNEDRONEENNOGERGONERINGFEIGNFIDGEFIENDFIFEDFIFERFINEDFINERFIORDFIREDFOGIEFORGEFRIEDFRONDGENROGEOIDGIRONGOFERGOIERGONEFGONERGONIFGOREDGREINGRIDEGRIEFGRIFFGRINDGROINGRONEINFERINNEDINNERIRONENIDORNIGEROFFEDOFFEROFFIEONNEDREDONREFFOREIGNRENIGRENINRIDGERONDERONINRONNE
4 letter words (99)
DEFIDEFODEIFDENIDERNDERODIFFDINEDINGDINODIREDOENDOERDOFFDOGEDONEDONGDOREDREGERGOFENDFENIFEODFERNFIDOFIEFFIERFIFEFIGOFINDFINEFINOFIREFIRNFOENFOIDFOINFONDFONEFORDFOREFRIGFROEFROGGIEDGIENGINNGIRDGIRNGIROGOERGOFFGONEGOREGORIGRENGRIDGRININFOINGOINROIREDIRONNEIFNEONNERDNIDENIEDNIEFNIFENIFFNINENODENODINOIRNONENONGNONINORIOGREONERONIEORFEREDOREGOREIFREINRENDRIDERIFERIFFRINDRINERINGRODEROEDROINRONERONG
3 letter words (81)
DEFDEGDEIDENDIEDIFDIGDINDOEDOFDOGDONDOREFFEGOENDENGEONERFERGERNFEDFEGFENFERFIDFIEFIGFINFIRFOEFOGFONFORFROGEDGENGEOGERGIDGIEGIFGINGIOGODGOEGONGORIDEIFFINGINNIONIRENEDNEFNEGNIDNIENODNOGNONNORODEOFFONEORDOREORFREDREFREGREIRENREORIDRIFRIGRINRODROE
2 letter words (23)
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