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Is def a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word def is a Scrabble US word. The word def is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

D2E1F4

Is def a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word def is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

D2E1F4

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Yes. The word def is a Words With Friends word. The word def is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (2 found)

DEF,FED,

2-letter words (4 found)

DE,ED,EF,FE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 7 words from def according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of def

def

Translingual

Symbol

def

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Dezfuli.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Dezfuli terms

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛf/
  • Rhymes: -ɛf
  • Homophone: deaf

Etymology 1

Noun

def (plural defs)

  1. Abbreviation of definition.
    Synonym: def.
  2. Abbreviation of deficit.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adverb

def

  1. (slang) Clipping of definitely.
    Alternative form: deff
    Synonym: deffo
    • 2022 Barbie: It Takes Two, episode 7 “Start Small“ at 15 minutes, Malibu to Brooklyn:
      And focus on cleaning the park. But we should def get waffle fries after.

Etymology 3

Clipping of definitive and definitely; alternatively an eye spelling of death referring to an absolute.

Adjective

def (comparative deffer, superlative deffest)

  1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) Excellent; very good.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent

References

Anagrams

  • DfE, FDE, FED, Fed, Fed., f***ed, fed

Middle English

Adjective

def

  1. alternative form of deef

Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of deficiente.

Pronunciation

Noun

def m or f by sense (plural defs)

  1. (Portugal, derogatory, somewhat dated) handicapped
  2. (Portugal, derogatory, somewhat dated) retarded, idiot
    Synonyms: deficiente, tecla 3; see also Thesaurus:idiota
    Não sejas def. ― Don’t be retarded.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دف (def), from Persian دف (daf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dêf/

Noun

dȅf m (Cyrillic spelling де̏ф)

  1. daf
  2. tambourine

Declension

See also

  • daire

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دفع (def’), from Arabic دَفْع (dafʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /def/

Noun

def (definite accusative defi, plural defler)

  1. repulsion, expulsion
    Synonym: savma

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “def”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “def”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Wolof

Pronunciation

Verb

def

  1. to do

Conjugation

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 100

Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Persian دف (daf).

Noun

def

  1. daf (a Persian frame drum)

Source: wiktionary.org