Is DEFY a word?
DEFY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 4 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 5 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, DEFY is a valid word.
What does defy mean?
verb: resist or confront with resistance.
“The politician defied public opinion”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
DEFY: word details
- Pronunciation: dih-FEYE (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 4 letters, a short word. It is one of 5,469 4-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 10 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 defy
Words you can make from the letters of defy.
Solve a whole rack, not just DEFY
DEFY 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 DEFY mean?
DEFY is a verb. It means: resist or confront with resistance.
Is DEFY a valid word?
Yes, DEFY is a valid word. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 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.