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Is defer a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word defer is a Scrabble US word. The word defer is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is defer a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word defer is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is defer a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word defer is a Words With Friends word. The word defer is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (3 found)

DEFER,FREED,REFED,

4-letter words (11 found)

DEER,DERE,DREE,ERED,FEED,FEER,FERE,FREE,REDE,REED,REEF,

3-letter words (10 found)

DEE,DEF,ERE,ERF,FED,FEE,FER,RED,REE,REF,

2-letter words (7 found)

DE,ED,EE,EF,ER,FE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 32 words from defer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of defer

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Definitions and meaning of defer

defer

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɜː(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɝ/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: de‧fer

Etymology 1

Originally a variant of (and hence a doublet of) differ; from Middle English differren (“to postpone”), from Old French differer, from Latin differō.

Verb

defer (third-person singular simple present defers, present participle deferring, simple past and past participle deferred)

  1. (transitive) To delay or postpone
    1. (especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service.
  2. (American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
  3. (intransitive) To delay, to wait.
Derived terms
  • deferral
  • deferment
  • tax-deferred
Related terms
  • differ
Translations

Etymology 2

From late Middle English differren (“to refer for judgement”), from Middle French déférer, from Latin dēferō.

Verb

defer (third-person singular simple present defers, present participle deferring, simple past and past participle deferred)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
  2. To render, to offer.
Derived terms
  • deference
Translations

Anagrams

  • freed, refed

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.fer/, [ˈd̪eːfɛr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.fer/, [ˈd̪ɛːfer]

Verb

dēfer

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēferō

Source: wiktionary.org