Definitions For Default

noun

  • Loss due to not showing up
  • An option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified
  • Loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
  • Act of failing to meet a financial obligation
  • A failure to make a payment (such as a payment on a loan)
  • Failure to appear in court
  • A setting, option, etc., that a computer uses if you do not choose a different one

verb

  • Fail to pay up
  • To fail to do something that legally must be done ; especially : to fail to make the payments you must make on a loan, mortgage, etc.
  • To automatically use a particular setting, option, etc., unless you choose a different one

Is Defaults a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
14

The word Default is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Default in a Sentence

  • The defendant has made no appearance in the case and is in default.
  • You can enter your own settings or use the defaults.
  • Which font is the default in that computer program?
  • If the borrower defaults, the bank can take the house.
  • The program defaults to a standard font.

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