DEFECTIONS

10 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What DEFECTIONS Means

DEFECTIONS is a form of DEFECTION, which 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)

Similar words

DESERTION APOSTASY

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DEFECTIONS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 F4 E1 C3 T1 I1 O1 N1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In DEFECTIONS

644 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 (2)

DEFECTION SECTIONED

8 letter words (10)

CODEINES CONFIDES DEONTICS FENDIEST ICESTONE INFECTED INFESTED SEICENTO SIDENOTE SOFTENED

7 letter words (44)

6 letter words (89)

5 letter words (166)

4 letter words (201)

3 letter words (102)

CEE CID CIS CIT COD CON COS COT DEE DEF DEI DEN DIE DIF DIN DIS DIT DOC DOE DOF DON DOS DOT DSO ECO EDS EEN EFS EFT END ENE ENS EON EST FED FEE FEN FES FET FID FIE FIN FIT FOE FON ICE IDE IDS IFS INS ION IOS ISO ITS NED NEE NEF NET NID NIE NIS NIT NOD NOS NOT ODE ODS OES OFT OIS ONE ONS OSE SEC SED SEE SEI SEN SET SIC SIF SIN SIT SOC SOD SON SOT TEC TED TEE TEF TEN TES TIC TID TIE TIN TIS TOC TOD TOE TON

2 letter words (30)

DE DI DO ED EE EF EN ES ET FE ID IF IN IO IS IT NE NO OD OE OF OI ON OS SI SO ST TE TI TO

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