DEFOLIANT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DEFOLIANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEFOLIANT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEFOLIANT is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEFOLIANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
defoliantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEFOLIANT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DEFOLIANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DEFOLIANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DEFOLIANT
- All 9 letters of DEFOLIANT are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DEFOLIANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A chemical sprayed on plants to make their leaves fall off.
A defoliant strips foliage, and farmers once used it to ease harvests of cotton. In war it was used to remove jungle cover from an enemy, as in the Vietnam conflict. Such chemicals can harm people and soil long after the spraying.
How DEFOLIANT is used
Defoliant is a technical word for farming and military chemistry.
- Planes sprayed defoliant over the forest.
- A defoliant dropped the cotton leaves before picking.
- Residents feared the defoliant had poisoned the stream.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEFOLIANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEFOLIANT
The 9 tiles of DEFOLIANT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DEFOLIANT
1 longer words begin with DEFOLIANT.
Shorter words from the letters in DEFOLIANT
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Common questions about DEFOLIANT
- Is DEFOLIANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEFOLIANT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEFOLIANT worth?
- DEFOLIANT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEFOLIANT mean?
- A chemical sprayed on plants to make their leaves fall off.
- What letters can be added to DEFOLIANT?
- DEFOLIANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DEFOLIANT:
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