What DEFECTION Means
- noun: withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility“his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless”
- noun: the state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEFECTION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 F4 E1 C3 T1 I1 O1 N1.
Words Made From The Letters In DEFECTION
259 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.
8 letter words (1)
7 letter words (7)
6 letter words (28)
CENOTECODEINCOEDITCOIFEDCOINEDCONDIECONFITDECEITDECENTDEFECTDEFINEDENOTEDITONEDOCENTEDENICEIDENTENCODEENDITEENTICEFENCEDFOETIDFOINEDINCEDEINFECTINTOEDNOETICNOTICEOINTED
5 letter words (34)
CENTOCITEDCODENCONEDCONTECOTEDCTENEDEICEDENETDICOTDIENEDONEEEDICTFECITFEINTFENCEFETEDFETIDFIENDFIENTFINEDIDENTNIECENOTEDOFTENONCETONTICTEENDTEINDTICEDTINEDTONDITONEDTONIC
4 letter words (102)
CEDECEDICENTCETECIDECINECIONCITECITOCODECOEDCOFTCOIFCOINCOITCONDCONECONFCONICOTEDECODEENDEETDEFIDEFODEFTDEIFDENEDENIDENTDICEDICTDIETDINEDINODINTDITEDOENDOITDONEDOTEECODEDITEIDEEINEETENETICFEEDFEENFEETFENDFENIFENTFEODFETEFICEFICOFIDOFINDFINEFINOFOCIFOENFOIDFOINFONDFONEFONTICEDICONIDEEINFOINTONEEDNEIFNETENICENIDENIEDNIEFNIFENITENODENODINOTEODICOINTONCEONIEOTICTEEDTEENTEINTENDTENETICETIDETIEDTINDTINETOEDTONE
3 letter words (63)
CEECIDCITCODCONCOTDEEDEFDEIDENDIEDIFDINDITDOCDOEDOFDONDOTECOEENEFTENDENEEONFEDFEEFENFETFIDFIEFINFITFOEFONICEIDEIONNEDNEENEFNETNIDNIENITNODNOTODEOFTONETECTEDTEETEFTENTICTIDTIETINTOCTODTOETON
2 letter words (24)
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