DEFALCATOR is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. DEFALCATOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEFALCATOR?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEFALCATOR is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEFALCATOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
defalcatorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEFALCATOR scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DEFALCATOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DEFALCATOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DEFALCATOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalrare
A person who misuses money entrusted to them; an embezzler.
A defalcator is usually someone in a position of trust, such as a treasurer or trustee, who takes funds that were in their care. The word is old and legal in flavour, and plain embezzler has largely replaced it.
How DEFALCATOR is used
Defalcator is rare and found chiefly in older legal or financial writing.
- The defalcator fled the city with the funds.
- Auditors soon unmasked the defalcator.
- The bank pursued the defalcator through the courts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEFALCATOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEFALCATOR
1 longer words begin with DEFALCATOR.
Shorter words from the letters in DEFALCATOR
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Common questions about DEFALCATOR
- Is DEFALCATOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEFALCATOR, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEFALCATOR worth?
- DEFALCATOR is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEFALCATOR mean?
- A person who misuses money entrusted to them; an embezzler.
- What letters can be added to DEFALCATOR?
- DEFALCATOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DEFALCATOR:
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