DEFAT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DEFAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEFAT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEFAT is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEFAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
defatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEFAT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DEFAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does DEFAT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To remove the fat from something, especially food such as meat, stock, or dairy products.
Cooks defat a stock or a pan of pan juices by skimming or straining off the layer of fat that rises to the surface once the liquid cools, leaving a lighter, less greasy result. The word is also used outside the kitchen, for instance when processors defat soybeans or other seeds to extract oil while leaving behind a lower-fat meal. Defat is built simply from de-, meaning removal, and fat, describing exactly what the process does.
How DEFAT is used
Mainly a technical or culinary verb, common in recipes and food-processing instructions.
- Chill the stock overnight, then defat it before making the gravy.
- The recipe instructs cooks to defat the pan drippings first.
- Processors defat the soybeans before grinding them into meal.
- She used a spoon to defat the simmering broth.
- The plant was built to defat and dry large batches of oilseed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEFAT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEFAT
The 5 tiles of DEFAT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DEFAT
3 longer words begin with DEFAT.
Words with DEFAT inside
4 words contain DEFAT in the middle. Words that start with DEFAT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DEFAT
Common questions about DEFAT
- Is DEFAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEFAT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEFAT worth?
- DEFAT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEFAT mean?
- To remove the fat from something, especially food such as meat, stock, or dairy products.
- What letters can be added to DEFAT?
- DEFAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DEFAT:
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