Back to your results
Yes, DEFENSES is a Scrabble word!
Is it a valid word?
- Scrabble US: valid, 12 points.
Find words from your rack
About DEFENSES
DEFENSES is a valid word in the official Scrabble dictionary (US), the UK Scrabble Dictionary and Words with Friends (ENABLE).
Definitions
noun
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- protection from harm
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- the justification for some act or belief
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
- the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- a structure used to defend against attack
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
Synonyms
Also: defensive measure, defending team, defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, department of defense, defense department, united states department of defense, defense team, defense lawyers, defense force, defence force, defensive structure.
Not playable in Scrabble US: DOD.