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Is deferent a Scrabble word?

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

D2E1F4E1R1E1N1T1

Is deferent a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2E1F4E1R1E1N1T1

Is deferent a Words With Friends word?

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

D2E1F4E1R1E1N2T1

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8-letter words (1 found)

DEFERENT,

7-letter words (2 found)

ENFREED,ENTERED,

6-letter words (19 found)

DEFTER,ENFREE,ENTREE,ETERNE,FEEDER,FEERED,FENDER,NEEDER,REEDEN,REEFED,REFEED,RENTED,RETENE,TEENED,TEENER,TEERED,TENDER,TENDRE,TERNED,

5-letter words (21 found)

DEERE,DEFER,DENET,DETER,DRENT,ENDER,ENTER,ERNED,FETED,FREED,FREET,REEDE,REFED,RENTE,TEEND,TEENE,TERFE,TERNE,TREED,TREEN,TREND,

4-letter words (43 found)

DEEN,DEER,DEET,DEFT,DENE,DENT,DERE,DERN,DREE,ERED,ERNE,ETEN,FEED,FEEN,FEER,FEET,FEND,FENT,FERE,FERN,FETE,FREE,FRET,NEED,NERD,NETE,REDE,REED,REEF,REEN,REFT,REND,RENT,RETE,TEED,TEEN,TEER,TEND,TENE,TERF,TERN,TREE,TREF,

3-letter words (28 found)

DEE,DEF,DEN,EEN,EFT,END,ENE,ERE,ERF,ERN,FED,FEE,FEN,FER,FET,NED,NEE,NEF,NET,RED,REE,REF,REN,RET,TED,TEE,TEF,TEN,

2-letter words (11 found)

DE,ED,EE,EF,EN,ER,ET,FE,NE,RE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 126 words from deferent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of deferent

deferent

Etymology

From French déférent, from Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛfəɹənt/

Adjective

deferent (comparative more deferent, superlative most deferent)

  1. Showing deference; deferential.
  2. (obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.

Derived terms

  • deferently

Related terms

  • deferential

Translations

Noun

deferent (plural deferents)

  1. (anatomy) A deferent duct in the body, as opposed to an afferent one.
  2. (historical, Ptolemaic astronomy) An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
  3. (obsolete) That which carries or conveys.

Latin

Verb

dēferent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēferō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French déférent, from Latin deferens.

Adjective

deferent m or n (feminine singular deferentă, masculine plural deferenți, feminine and neuter plural deferente)

  1. deferential

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org