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Is perfidy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word perfidy is a Scrabble US word. The word perfidy is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

P3E1R1F4I1D2Y4

Is perfidy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word perfidy is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

P3E1R1F4I1D2Y4

Is perfidy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word perfidy is a Words With Friends word. The word perfidy is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

PERFIDY,

5-letter words (14 found)

DEIFY,EDIFY,FIERY,FIRED,FRIED,PERDY,PREDY,PREIF,PRIDE,PRIED,PRIEF,REDIP,REIFY,RIPED,

4-letter words (27 found)

DEFI,DEFY,DEIF,DIRE,DREY,DRIP,DYER,FIER,FIRE,FYRD,IRED,PEDI,PERI,PIED,PIER,PREY,PYRE,REFI,REIF,RIDE,RIFE,RIPE,RYFE,RYPE,YERD,YIPE,YIRD,

3-letter words (38 found)

DEF,DEI,DEP,DEY,DIE,DIF,DIP,DRY,DYE,ERF,FED,FER,FEY,FID,FIE,FIR,FRY,IDE,IRE,PED,PER,PIE,PIR,PRE,PRY,PYE,RED,REF,REI,REP,RID,RIF,RIP,RYE,YEP,YER,YID,YIP,

2-letter words (13 found)

DE,DI,ED,EF,ER,FE,FY,ID,IF,PE,PI,RE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 94 words from perfidy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of perfidy

perfidy

Etymology

From Middle French perfidie, from Latin perfidus (“faithless, treacherous, false”), from fides (“faith”); related to, for example, English fidelity.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɜː.fɪ.di/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɝ.fɪ.di/

Noun

perfidy (countable and uncountable, plural perfidies)

  1. A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
    Synonyms: treachery, betrayal
  2. (international law, in warfare) An illegitimate act of deception, such as using symbols like the Red Cross or white flag in a false claim of surrender to gain proximity to an enemy for purposes of attack.
  3. A state or act of deceit.

Quotations

  • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:perfidy.

Synonyms

  • perfidiousness

Related terms

  • perfidious
  • perfidiously

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Source: wiktionary.org