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DEFECTING

9 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What DEFECTING Means

DEFECTING is a form of DEFECT, which means:

  1. noun: an imperfection in a bodily system“visual defects”
  2. noun: a failing or deficiency“that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information”
  3. verb: desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army“If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DEFECTING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 F4 E1 C3 T1 I1 N1 G2.

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