Is DEFENSIVELY a word?
DEFENSIVELY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words With Friends, has 11 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, DEFENSIVELY is a valid word.
What does defensively mean?
adverb: in an apologetic and defensive manner.
“`I felt it better you should know,' said Sir Cedric defensively”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
DEFENSIVELY: word details
- Pronunciation: dih-FEHN-sihv-lee (approx., 4 syllables)
- Length: 11 letters, a long word. It is one of 28,045 11-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 21 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 23 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside defensively
Words you can make from the letters of defensively.
Solve a whole rack, not just DEFENSIVELY
DEFENSIVELY is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does DEFENSIVELY mean?
DEFENSIVELY is a adverb. It means: in an apologetic and defensive manner.
Is DEFENSIVELY a valid word?
Yes, DEFENSIVELY is a valid word. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.