What DEFICIENT Means
- adjective: inadequate in amount or degree“a deficient education”
- adjective: of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement“insufficient funds”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEFICIENT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 F4 I1 C3 I1 E1 N1 T1.
Words Made From The Letters In DEFICIENT
172 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
8 letter words (5)
7 letter words (8)
6 letter words (18)
CITIEDDECEITDECENTDEFECTDEFINEDEIFICEDENICEIDENTENDITEENTICEFENCEDFINITEINCEDEINCITEINDICTINDITEINFECTTINEID
5 letter words (25)
CITEDCTENEDEICEDENETDIENEDINICEDICTFECITFEINTFENCEFETEDFETIDFICINFIENDFIENTFINEDIDENTINDIENIECENITIDTEENDTEIIDTEINDTICEDTINED
4 letter words (60)
CEDECEDICENTCETECIDECINECITEDEENDEETDEFIDEFTDEIFDENEDENIDENTDICEDICTDIETDINEDINTDITEEDITEIDEEINEETENETICFEEDFEENFEETFENDFENIFENTFETEFICEFINDFINEFINIICEDIDEEINTINEEDNEIFNETENICENIDENIDINIEDNIEFNIFENITETEEDTEENTEINTENDTENETICETIDETIEDTINDTINE
3 letter words (41)
CEECIDCITDEEDEFDEIDENDIEDIFDINDITEENEFTENDENEFEDFEEFENFETFIDFIEFINFITICEIDENEDNEENEFNETNIDNIENITTECTEDTEETEFTENTICTIDTIETIN
2 letter words (15)
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