DEFAULTING

10 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What DEFAULTING Means

DEFAULTING is a form of DEFAULT, which means:

noun: loss due to not showing up“he lost the game by default”
noun: act of failing to meet a financial obligation
verb: fail to pay up

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DEFAULTING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 F4 A1 U1 L1 T1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In DEFAULTING

791 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 (10)

DELATING FANTIGUE FATIGUED FAULTING FINAGLED FLAUNTED INFLATED INGULFED UNGIFTED UNTAILED

7 letter words (64)

6 letter words (139)

5 letter words (163)

4 letter words (240)

ADIT AGED AGEN AGIN AGLU AGUE AIDE AINE AITU ALEF ALIF ALIT ANIL ANTE ANTI AULD AUNE AUNT DAFT DALE DALI DALT DANG DANT DATE DAUT DEAF DEAL DEAN DEFI DEFT DEGU DEIF DEIL DELF DELI DELT DENI DENT DIAL DIEL DIET DINE DING DINT DITA DITE DUAL DUAN DUEL DUET DUIT DULE DUNE DUNG DUNT EDIT EGAD EGAL EILD EINA ELAN ENUF ETNA ETUI FADE FAIL FAIN FAND FANE FANG FATE FAUN FAUT FEAL FEAT FELT FEND FENI FENT FETA FEUD FIAT FILA FILE FIND FINE FLAG FLAN FLAT FLEA FLED FLEG FLIT FLUE FUEL FUND FUNG GADE GADI GAED GAEN GAID GAIN GAIT GALE GANE GANT GATE GAUD GAUN GEAL GEAN GEAT GEIT GELD GELT GENA GENT GENU GETA GIED GIEN GIFT GILA GILD GILT GITE GLAD GLED GLEI GLEN GLIA GLID GLIT GLUE GLUT GNAT GUAN GUDE GUID GULA GULE GULF IDEA IDLE IGAD IGLU ILEA LADE LAID LAIN LAND LANE LANG LANT LATE LATI LATU LAUD LAUF LEAD LEAF LEAN LEAT LEFT LEND LENG LENT LEUD LIED LIEF LIEN LIEU LIFE LIFT LIND LINE LING LINT LITE LITU LUDE LUGE LUIT LUNA LUNE LUNG LUNT LUTE NAIF NAIL NEAL NEAT NEIF NGAI NIDE NIED NIEF NIFE NITE TAED TAEL TAIG TAIL TAIN TALE TALI TANE TANG TEAD TEAL TEGU TEIL TEIN TELA TELD TEND TIAN TIDE TIED TIGE TILE TINA TIND TINE TING TUAN TUFA TULE TUNA TUND TUNE TUNG UDAL ULAN ULNA UNAI UNDE UNIT

3 letter words (139)

AFT AGE AID AIL AIN AIT ALE ALF ALT ALU AND ANE ANI ANT ATE AUE AUF DAE DAG DAL DAN DEF DEG DEI DEL DEN DIE DIF DIG DIN DIT DUE DUG DUI DUN EAN EAT EAU EFT ELD ELF ELT END ENG ETA FAD FAE FAN FAT FED FEG FEN FET FEU FID FIE FIG FIL FIN FIT FLU FUD FUG FUN GAD GAE GAL GAN GAT GAU GED GEL GEN GET GID GIE GIF GIN GIT GNU GUE GUL GUN GUT IDE ING ITA LAD LAG LAT LEA LED LEG LEI LET LEU LID LIE LIG LIN LIT LUD LUG NAE NAG NAT NED NEF NEG NET NID NIE NIL NIT NUT TAD TAE TAG TAI TAN TAU TEA TED TEF TEG TEL TEN TID TIE TIG TIL TIN TUG TUI TUN ULE UNI UTA UTE

2 letter words (35)

AD AE AG AI AL AN AT DA DE DI EA ED EF EL EN ET FA FE GI GU ID IF IN IT LA LI NA NE NU TA TE TI UG UN UT

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