defection
Defection can refer to withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility or the state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes).
Length
9
Scrabble
15
WWF
17
Starts
DE
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DEFECTION” Mean?
/dɪˈfɛkʃən/
defection has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 senseswithdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
“his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless”
Synonyms
the state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
Synonyms
Synonyms for DEFECTION
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
Length
9 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
N
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
D, E, F, E, C, T, I, O, N
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DEFECTION has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DEFECTION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DEFECTION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆DEFECTION contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCBDEFGH
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVVC
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
DE, EF, FE, EC, CT, TI, IO, ON
Trigrams
DEF, EFE, FEC, ECT, CTI, TIO, ION
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