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What does defend mean? Is defend a Scrabble word?

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Is defend a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word defend is a Scrabble US word. The word defend is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is defend a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word defend is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

D2E1F4E1N1D2

Is defend a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word defend is a Words With Friends word. The word defend is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1F4E1N2D2

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6-letter words (2 found)

DEFEND,FENDED,

5-letter words (1 found)

ENDED,

4-letter words (7 found)

DEED,DEEN,DENE,FEED,FEEN,FEND,NEED,

3-letter words (12 found)

DEE,DEF,DEN,EEN,END,ENE,FED,FEE,FEN,NED,NEE,NEF,

2-letter words (7 found)

DE,ED,EE,EF,EN,FE,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 30 words from defend according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of defend

defend

Etymology

From Middle English defenden, from Old French defendre, deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), from Proto-Italic *fendō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-. Displaced native Old English bewerian.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɛnd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɛnd/, /diˈfɛnd/, /dəˈfɛnd/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

defend (third-person singular simple present defends, present participle defending, simple past and past participle defended)

  1. (transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
  2. (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
  3. (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
  4. (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
  5. (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous instance of that competition.
  6. (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
  8. (transitive, obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
  9. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:defend

Antonyms

  • attack

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Anagrams

  • fended

Source: wiktionary.org