DEFFO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. DEFFO is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept DEFFO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEFFO is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEFFO
No single letter turns DEFFO into another word.
How DEFFO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DEFFO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What stands out about DEFFO
- The letters of DEFFO run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DEFFO mean in Scrabble?
adverb
informalslang
An informal shortening of definitely, used to agree strongly or promise something.
Deffo belongs to a family of clipped words like defo and obvs that text messages and casual speech favour because they save keystrokes and sound relaxed. It works both as a one-word answer to a question and as an adverb inserted into a sentence for emphasis. The spelling with two fs is the more common of the two variants.
How DEFFO is used
Used mainly in speech and informal writing, rarely in formal contexts.
- Are you coming tonight? Deffo.
- I deffo left my keys on the table.
- She said she would deffo call before noon.
- That is deffo the best answer so far.
- He is deffo not going to change his mind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEFFO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEFFO
The 5 tiles of DEFFO in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in DEFFO
Common questions about DEFFO
- Is DEFFO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEFFO, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEFFO worth?
- DEFFO is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEFFO mean?
- An informal shortening of definitely, used to agree strongly or promise something.
- What letters can be added to DEFFO?
- No single letter can be added to DEFFO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DEFFO:
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