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Is confront a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word confront is a Scrabble US word. The word confront is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

C3O1N1F4R1O1N1T1

Is confront a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word confront is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

C3O1N1F4R1O1N1T1

Is confront a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word confront is a Words With Friends word. The word confront is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1N2F4R1O1N2T1

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8-letter words (1 found)

CONFRONT,

7-letter words (1 found)

FRONTON,

6-letter words (2 found)

CONNOR,CROTON,

5-letter words (7 found)

CONTO,CORNO,CROFT,CROON,FRONT,ROTON,TRONC,

4-letter words (26 found)

COFT,CONF,CONN,COOF,COON,COOT,CORF,CORN,CRON,FONT,FOOT,FORT,NOON,ONTO,OONT,RONT,ROOF,ROON,ROOT,ROTO,TOCO,TOON,TORC,TORN,TORO,TRON,

3-letter words (28 found)

CON,COO,COR,COT,FON,FOO,FOR,FRO,NON,NOO,NOR,NOT,OFT,ONO,OOF,OON,OOR,OOT,ORC,ORF,ORT,ROC,ROO,ROT,TOC,TON,TOO,TOR,

2-letter words (6 found)

NO,OF,ON,OO,OR,TO,

You can make 71 words from confront according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of confront

confront

Etymology

From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kənˈfɹʌnt/
    • Rhymes: -ʌnt
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /kɒnˈfɹɒnt/
  • Hyphenation: con‧front

Verb

confront (third-person singular simple present confronts, present participle confronting, simple past and past participle confronted)

  1. (transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with
    Synonyms: oppose, challenge
  2. (transitive) To deal with.
  3. (transitive) To bring someone face to face with something.
  4. (transitive) To come up against; to encounter.
  5. (intransitive) To engage in confrontation.
  6. (transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
  7. (transitive) To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • confronté (heraldry)

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Source: wiktionary.org