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Is offense a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word offense is a Scrabble US word. The word offense is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

O1F4F4E1N1S1E1

Is offense a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word offense is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

O1F4F4E1N1S1E1

Is offense a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word offense is a Words With Friends word. The word offense is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1F4F4E1N2S1E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

OFFENSE,

5-letter words (2 found)

FEENS,FONES,

4-letter words (20 found)

EFFS,ENES,EONS,ESNE,FEEN,FEES,FENS,FOEN,FOES,FONE,FONS,NEFS,NOES,NOSE,OFFS,ONES,SEEN,SENE,SNEE,SONE,

3-letter words (22 found)

EEN,EFF,EFS,ENE,ENS,EON,FEE,FEN,FES,FOE,FON,NEE,NEF,NOS,OES,OFF,ONE,ONS,OSE,SEE,SEN,SON,

2-letter words (12 found)

EE,EF,EN,ES,FE,NE,NO,OE,OF,ON,OS,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 58 words from offense according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of offense

offense

Alternative forms

  • offence (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English offence, from Old French offense, from Latin offensa (“a striking against; displeasure; injury”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈfɛns/
  • (team sports senses, especially in the U.S.): IPA(key): /ˈɔf.ɛns/, /ˈɑf.ɛns/)
  • Hyphenation: of‧fense
  • Rhymes: -ɛns

Noun

offense (countable and uncountable, plural offenses) (American spelling)

  1. The act of offending.
    1. A crime or sin.
    2. An affront, injury, or insult.
  2. The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
  3. (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense.
  4. (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:offense

Antonyms

  • defense (US), defence (Commonwealth)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • offensive
  • offend
  • offender

Translations

See also

  • crime
  • sin

Anagrams

  • seen off

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.fɑ̃s/

Verb

offense

  1. inflection of offenser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ofˈfen.se/, [ɔfˈfẽːs̠ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ofˈfen.se/, [ofˈfɛnse]

Adjective

offēnse

  1. vocative masculine singular of offēnsus

Source: wiktionary.org