What DEFLECTING Means
DEFLECTING is a form of DEFLECT, which means:
- verb: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off“Let's avoid a confrontation”
- verb: turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEFLECTING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 F4 L1 E1 C3 T1 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In DEFLECTING
393 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)
8 letter words (7)
7 letter words (28)
CENTILECLEFTEDCLIFTEDCLINGEDDECLINEDEFLECTDELEINGENFILEDENTICEDFEEDINGFEELINGFEIGNEDFEINTEDFELTINGFILETEDFLEEINGFLINTEDGEFILTEGENETICGENTILEGENTLEDGLENTEDGLINTEDINFLECTLENITEDLICENTENEGLECTTINGLED
6 letter words (55)
CEDINGCEILEDCIELEDCLIENTDECEITDECENTDECILEDEEINGDEFECTDEFILEDEFINEDELICEDELICTDELTICDENTELDENTILDINGLEEDENICEIDENTELDINGELEGITELFINGENDITEENGILDENGILTENTICEFEEINGFELINEFELTEDFENCEDFETINGFIDGETFLEDGEFLITEDGENTILGENTLEGIFTEDGIFTEEGILDENINCEDEINFECTINFELTLECTINLEEINGLEFTIELEGENDLENGEDLENITELENTICLIFTEDLINTEDNIDGETTEEINGTINGEDTINGLE
5 letter words (80)
CITEDCLEFTCLIEDCLIFTCLINECLINGCLINTCTENEDEICEDEIGNDELFTDENETDIENEDINGEEDICTEDILEEIGNEELDINELECTELFEDELFINELIDEELINTELITEENLITFECITFEIGNFEINTFELIDFENCEFETEDFETIDFIDGEFIELDFIENDFIENTFILEDFILETFINEDFLEETFLIEDFLINGFLINTFLITEGELIDGENETGENICGENIEGILETGLEDEGLEEDGLEETGLENTGLIDEGLIFTGLINTIDENTINCLEINGLEINLETINTELLEDGELEFTELEGITLENTILIEGELIGNELINEDLITEDNEELDNIECETEENDTEINDTELICTENGETICEDTILDETILEDTINEDTINGE
4 letter words (122)
CEDECEDICEILCELTCENTCETECIDECIELCINECITECLEFCLEGDEENDEETDEFIDEFTDEIFDEILDELEDELFDELIDELTDENEDENIDENTDICEDICTDIELDIETDINEDINGDINTDITEEDGEEDITEIDEEILDEINEETENETICFEEDFEELFEENFEETFELTFENDFENIFENTFETEFICEFILEFINDFINEFLEDFLEEFLEGFLICFLITGEEDGEITGELDGELTGENEGENTGIEDGIENGIFTGILDGILTGITEGLEDGLEEGLEIGLENGLIDGLITICEDIDEEIDLELEEDLEETLEFTLENDLENGLENTLICELIEDLIEFLIENLIFELIFTLINDLINELINGLINTLITENEEDNEIFNETENICENIDENIEDNIEFNIFENITETEEDTEELTEENTEILTEINTELDTELETENDTENETICETIDETIEDTIGETILETINDTINETING
3 letter words (81)
CEECELCIDCIGCITDEEDEFDEGDEIDELDENDIEDIFDIGDINDITEELEENEFTELDELFELTENDENEENGFEDFEEFEGFENFETFIDFIEFIGFILFINFITGEDGEEGELGENGETGIDGIEGIFGINGITICEIDEINGLEDLEELEGLEILETLIDLIELIGLINLITNEDNEENEFNEGNETNIDNIENILNITTECTEDTEETEFTEGTELTENTICTIDTIETIGTILTIN
2 letter words (18)
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