What DEFERENCES Means
DEFERENCES is a form of DEFERENCE, which means:
- noun: a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard“his deference to her wishes was very flattering”
- noun: courteous regard for people's feelings“in deference to your wishes”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEFERENCES 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 R1 E1 N1 C3 E1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In DEFERENCES
215 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 (1)
8 letter words (7)
7 letter words (19)
CREESEDDECERNSDECREESDEFENCEDEFENSEENFREEDENFREESFEEDERSFENCERSFENDERSNEEDERSRECEDESRECENSEREFEEDSREFENCESCERNEDSECEDERSERENEDSNEERED
6 letter words (41)
CEDERSCENDRECENSEDCENSERCERNEDCERNESCREEDSCREESEDECERNDECREEDEFERSDENSERENDERSENFREEENSERFFEEDERFEEREDFEESEDFENCEDFENCERFENCESFENDERNEEDERNEESEDRECEDEREEDENREEDESREEFEDREFEEDRESEEDRESEENRESENDSCENEDSCERNESCREEDSCREENSECEDESECERNSEEDERSENDERSERENE
5 letter words (50)
CEDERCEDESCENSECEREDCERESCERNECREDSCREEDCREESDEENSDEEREDEERSDEFERDENESDENSEDERESDERNSDREESENDERERNEDERNESFEEDSFEENSFEERSFEESEFENCEFENDSFERESFERNSFREEDFREESNEEDSNEESENERDSREDESREEDEREEDSREEFSREENSREFEDRENDSRESEESCENDSCENESCREESEDERSEFERSEREDSNEEDSNEER
4 letter words (54)
CEDECEESCENSCERECREDCREEDEENDEERDEESDENEDENSDEREDERNDREEENDSENESEREDERESERNEERNSESNEFEDSFEEDFEENFEERFEESFENDFENSFEREFERNFREENEDSNEEDNEFSNERDRECSREDEREDSREEDREEFREENREESREFSRENDRENSSEEDSEENSEERSENDSENESERESERFSNEDSNEE
3 letter words (33)
2 letter words (10)
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