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Is defame a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word defame is a Scrabble US word. The word defame is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

D2E1F4A1M3E1

Is defame a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word defame is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

D2E1F4A1M3E1

Is defame a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word defame is a Words With Friends word. The word defame is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1F4A1M4E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

DEFAME,

5-letter words (3 found)

ADEEM,EDEMA,FAMED,

4-letter words (11 found)

DAME,DEAF,DEEM,DEME,FADE,FAME,FEED,FEME,MADE,MEAD,MEED,

3-letter words (15 found)

AME,DAE,DAM,DEE,DEF,EME,FAD,FAE,FED,FEE,FEM,MAD,MAE,MED,MEE,

2-letter words (14 found)

AD,AE,AM,DA,DE,EA,ED,EE,EF,EM,FA,FE,MA,ME,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 45 words from defame according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of defame

defame

Etymology

From Middle English defamen, from Anglo-Norman defamer (verb), defame (noun), and its source, Latin diffāmō, from fāma (“fame; rumour; reputation”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈfeɪm/
  • Rhymes: -eɪm

Verb

defame (third-person singular simple present defames, present participle defaming, simple past and past participle defamed)

  1. To disgrace; to bring into disrepute. [from 4th c.]
  2. (now chiefly historical) To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence. [from 14th c.]
    Rebecca is […] defamed of sorcery practised on the person of a noble knight.
  3. To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage. [from 4th c.]
    to defame somebody

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:defame

Related terms

  • defamatory
  • defamation

Translations

Noun

defame (countable and uncountable, plural defames)

  1. (now rare, archaic) Disgrace, dishonour. [from 14th c.]
  2. (now rare or nonstandard) Defamation; slander, libel. [from 15th c.]

Further reading

  • “defame”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “defame”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Source: wiktionary.org