The word defer is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • defer v. (Transitive) To delay or postpone.
  • defer v. (American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half…
  • defer v. (Intransitive) To delay, to wait.

19 valid words from 3 definitions

AFTER COIN DELAY FOOTBALL HALF INTRANSITIVE OF OPENING OR POSTPONE SECOND START THE TO TOSS TRANSITIVE UNTIL WAIT WINNING

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

AMERICAN

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

DE DEF EF ER FE FER

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

ED EF FE FED RE REF REFED

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

FREED REFED

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

DETER REFER SEFER

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

DEER

5 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

DEAFER DEFFER DEFIER DEFTER DEIFER

22 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

DEFERS DEFERENT DEFERRAL DEFERRED DEFERRER DEFERABLE DEFERENCE DEFERENTS DEFERMENT DEFERRALS DEFERRERS DEFERRING DEFERENCES DEFERMENTS DEFERRABLE DEFERENTIAL DEFERRABLES DEFERENTIALLY DEFERVESCENCE DEFERVESCENCY DEFERVESCENCES DEFERVESCENCIES

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

NONDEFERRABLE

15 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A DEAFER FEARED
+E FEEDER FEERED REEFED REFEED
+F DEFFER REFFED
+I DEFIER DEIFER
+K KERFED
+N FENDER
+S DEFERS
+T DEFTER
+Y REDEFY

11 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-D FEER FERE FREE REEF
-F DEER DERE DREE ERED REDE REED
-R FEED

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 272 chance (0.37%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 1132 chance (0.09%).

Other languages

Category without words

  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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