Is DEFICIT a word?
DEFICIT is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 46 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, DEFICIT is a valid word.
What does deficit mean?
noun: the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required.
“new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
DEFICIT: word details
- Pronunciation: DEH-fuh-suht (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 13 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 14 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 deficit
Words you can make from the letters of deficit.
Solve a whole rack, not just DEFICIT
DEFICIT 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 DEFICIT mean?
DEFICIT is a noun. It means: the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required.
Is DEFICIT a valid word?
Yes, DEFICIT is a valid word. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 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.