What does DEFICIT mean?
- Pronunciation
- /ˈdɛfəsət/
- Letters
- 7
- Scrabble score
- 13
- Words With Friends score
- 14
- How common
- Common
Meaning
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”
- a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning“the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory”
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
- an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)“last year there was a serious budgetary deficit”
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
deficits14
Anagrams of DEFICIT
No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.
Words inside DEFICIT
39 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
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Questions
Is DEFICIT a valid word in word games?
DEFICIT is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.
How many points is DEFICIT worth?
DEFICIT is worth 13 points with Scrabble letter values and 14 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from DEFICIT?
39 other words, including IT, IF, DE and DIE.