Deflect is valid Scrabble Word

Is deflect a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is deflect valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

7 letters word
13 points in Scrabble
15 points in WWF

Definitions for DEFLECT in dictionary:

VERB:

to turn aside
cause (something) to change direction; turn aside from a straight course
(of an object) change direction after hitting something
cause (someone) to deviate from an intended purpose
cause (something) to change orientation
(cause to) turn aside from a course
To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected.
To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve.
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
draw someone\'s attention away from something
impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)

Words related to DEFLECT

deflectable19 deflected16 deflecting17 deflector15 deflectors16 deflects14

Words that contain DEFLECT

deflects14 deflected16 deflector15 deflecting17 deflection16 deflective19 deflectors16 deflectable19 deflections17 deflectional18

How to use DEFLECT in a sentence

He first noticed that a current flowing through a wire would deflect a compass, and thus discovered the magnetic properties of the electric current.
Booms chained between them helped deflect the drive from the shoals.
She could be employer and benefactress without letting such circumstances deflect in the slightest degree the stream of confidence and affection between her and another.
Did he deflect a fraction of a second too early, I should be warned and saved.
And just firmly enough and no more did my wrist twist and deflect his blade on my basket hilt.
To deflect troops elsewhere, might be a serious breach of that compact.
Never for a moment did he deflect from the Catholic doctrine, though his studies led him to the consideration of the most subtle arguments raised against it.
Nothing on earth shall deflect him from his course, how much less they who, prompted by their vain imaginations, speak those things which God hath forbidden.
Was she to deflect it from its intended destination, which alone had appeared to justify her keeping it, and spend it on giving herself pleasure? Mrs.
They are able to rise and fall at will, without expending their gas, and to deflect forty-five degrees from the course of the wind.

They are able to rise and fall at will, without expending their gas, and they can deflect forty-five degrees from the course of the wind.
Jack had just time to deflect a sword blade, when he saw a terrific blow aimed at him with the butt of a rifle.
More emphasis is laid on the decisive actions of individuals, which cannot be reduced under generalisations and which deflect the course of events.
There was no wisdom in dressing for an event unless he were going to deflect his course somewhat from the daily routine.
A fresh set of dummy poles, which the Indians would probably avoid in the event of a second attack, might deflect the canoes into the area of new mines laid at sea level.
In such a climate the perennial tendencies toward manipulation and partisanship are far less likely to deflect the decision-making process.
Nothing should be allowed to deflect them from this course.
Finding that his prayer had been answered, he addressed a plea to the governor begging him to release his Captive, and thereby deflect the fatal course of this dire visitation.
Dared he ask the Major to deflect the bus into Elm Park Road so that he might obtain news of Lois? He dared not.
Such feelings warp your reason, distract your judgment, and deflect you from the right course.
To be driven from that perpetual course is somehow to be checked, and an external and hostile force is required to change a habit or an instinct as much as to deflect a star.
But a feeling for which he could not account made him deflect slightly the muzzle of his weapon.
They acted as fences to obstruct or to deflect the movements of the enemy and enclosed areas greatly differing in size.
She hit the ball hard, but sliced it, and a strong westerly wind helped deflect it to the right.
He could not possibly advance in the face of four rifles, and he knew, too, that the best aid he could offer his friend was to deflect the attention of the watchers from him.

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