DEFEATURE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DEFEATURE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEFEATURE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEFEATURE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEFEATURE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEFEATURE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DEFEATURE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DEFEATURE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DEFEATURE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicrare
To spoil the looks of; to disfigure or deface.
To defeature a face or a work is to ruin its appearance. Old writers used defeature in descriptions of scars, damage or decay. The word is now almost never heard, and "disfigure" has replaced it.
How DEFEATURE is used
Defeature is archaic and found chiefly in older literature.
- A scar would defeature his handsome face.
- Time and weather defeature the old statue.
- The fire did defeature the once fine portrait.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEFEATURE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEFEATURE
2 longer words begin with DEFEATURE.
Shorter words from the letters in DEFEATURE
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Common questions about DEFEATURE
- Is DEFEATURE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEFEATURE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEFEATURE worth?
- DEFEATURE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEFEATURE mean?
- To spoil the looks of; to disfigure or deface.
- What letters can be added to DEFEATURE?
- DEFEATURE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DEFEATURE:
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