DEFEATISMS

10 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What DEFEATISMS Means

DEFEATISMS is a form of DEFEATISM, which means:

noun: acceptance of the inevitability of defeat

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DEFEATISMS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 F4 E1 A1 T1 I1 S1 M3 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In DEFEATISMS

602 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 (3)

DEFEATISM DEMITASSE MISSEATED

8 letter words (13)

DIASTEMS DISFAMES MADEFIES MEDIATES MISDATES MISFEEDS SAFETIED SAFETIES SEAMIEST SEMIDEAF SIAMESED STEADIES STEAMIES

7 letter words (40)

6 letter words (107)

5 letter words (155)

4 letter words (166)

3 letter words (88)

ADS AFT AID AIM AIS AIT AME AMI ATE ATS DAE DAM DAS DEE DEF DEI DIE DIF DIM DIS DIT EAS EAT EDS EFS EFT EME EMF EMS ESS EST ETA FAD FAE FAS FAT FED FEE FEM FES FET FID FIE FIT IDE IDS IFS ISM ITA ITS MAD MAE MAS MAT MED MEE MES MET MID MIS SAD SAE SAI SAM SAT SEA SED SEE SEI SET SIF SIM SIS SIT SMA TAD TAE TAI TAM TAS TEA TED TEE TEF TES TID TIE TIS

2 letter words (30)

AD AE AI AM AS AT DA DE DI EA ED EE EF EM ES ET FA FE ID IF IS IT MA ME MI SI ST TA TE TI

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