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Is defector a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word defector is a Scrabble US word. The word defector is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is defector a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word defector is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Is defector a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word defector is a Words With Friends word. The word defector is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

DEFECTOR,

7-letter words (2 found)

CROFTED,DEFORCE,

6-letter words (7 found)

DEFECT,DEFTER,FORCED,FORTED,RECODE,REFECT,TEREDO,

5-letter words (29 found)

CEDER,CERED,CODER,CORED,COTED,CREDO,CREED,CROFT,DECOR,DEFER,DETER,DOREE,DOTER,ERECT,ERODE,FETED,FETOR,FORCE,FORTE,FREED,FREET,OFTER,RECTO,REFED,ROTED,TERCE,TERFE,TREED,TRODE,

4-letter words (59 found)

CEDE,CERE,CERO,CERT,CETE,CODE,COED,COFT,CORD,CORE,CORF,COTE,CRED,CREE,DECO,DEER,DEET,DEFO,DEFT,DERE,DERO,DOER,DORE,DORT,DOTE,DREE,ECOD,ERED,FEED,FEER,FEET,FEOD,FERE,FETE,FORD,FORE,FORT,FREE,FRET,FROE,ORFE,REDE,REDO,REED,REEF,REFT,RETE,RODE,ROED,ROTE,TEED,TEER,TERF,TOED,TORC,TORE,TREE,TREF,TROD,

3-letter words (47 found)

CEE,COD,COR,COT,DEE,DEF,DOC,DOE,DOF,DOR,DOT,ECO,EFT,ERE,ERF,FED,FEE,FER,FET,FOE,FOR,FRO,ODE,OFT,ORC,ORD,ORE,ORF,ORT,REC,RED,REE,REF,REO,RET,ROC,ROD,ROE,ROT,TEC,TED,TEE,TEF,TOC,TOD,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (15 found)

DE,DO,ED,EE,EF,ER,ET,FE,OD,OE,OF,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 161 words from defector according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of defector

defector

Etymology

From Latin dēfector.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɛktə(ɹ)/

Noun

defector (plural defectors)

  1. One who defects.

Derived terms

  • defector-in-place

Related terms

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From dēficiō (“to desert”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈfek.tor/, [d̪eːˈfɛkt̪ɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈfek.tor/, [d̪eˈfɛkt̪or]

Noun

dēfector m (genitive dēfectōris); third declension

  1. a deserter, rebel

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

  • “defector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “defector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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