What DEFENDING Means
- adjective: attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEFENDING 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 N1 D2 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In DEFENDING
123 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.
7 letter words (8)
6 letter words (18)
DEEINGDEFENDDEFIEDDEFINEDENIEDDENNEDDINGEDDINNEDENDINGENGINEFEEINGFENDEDFIDGEDFINNEDGENNEDGINNEDINDEEDINDENE
5 letter words (14)
4 letter words (33)
DEEDDEENDEFIDEIDDEIFDENEDENIDIEDDINEDINGEDGEEIDEEINEFEEDFEENFENDFENIFINDFINEGEEDGENEGIEDGIENGINNIDEENEEDNEIFNENENIDENIEDNIEFNIFENINE
3 letter words (38)
DEEDEFDEGDEIDENDIDDIEDIFDIGDINEENENDENEENGFEDFEEFEGFENFIDFIEFIGFINGEDGEEGENGIDGIEGIFGINIDEINGINNNEDNEENEFNEGNIDNIE
2 letter words (12)
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