Those letters spell foyer.
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The word is before.
The word you are looking for is "defeat." It contains all the letters d, e, f, o, t, and u, along with the letter b, forming a coherent word.
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P L T V F E O:Eft (Scrabble word)ElfFeltFet (Scrabble word)FloeFlopFoeFopLeftLept (Scrabble word)LetLoftLopeLopLotLoveOftOleOpeOptPelf (Scrabble word)PeltPetPlotPoetPolePolPotTelToeToleTope (Scrabble word)TopT.V.VetVetoVoeVoleVote
s-e-a-f-o-o-d?
Forced
forehead
No single word can be made with the letters: "i d e l o x."
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