What DEICTICS Means
DEICTICS is a form of DEICTIC, which means:
- noun: a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs“words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message”
- adjective: relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use“deictic pronouns”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEICTICS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 I1 C3 T1 I1 C3 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In DEICTICS
106 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.
7 letter words (4)
6 letter words (10)
5 letter words (20)
CEDISCESTICIDESCITEDCITESDEISTDICESDICTSDIETSDISCIDITESEDICTEDITSICTICSITEDSTIEDTEIIDTICEDTICESTIDES
4 letter words (34)
CEDICIDECIDSCISTCITECITSDESIDICEDICTDIESDIETDISCDITEDITSEDITETICICEDICESIDESISITSECTSICESIDESITESTEDSTIETECSTEDSTICETICSTIDETIDSTIEDTIES
3 letter words (26)
2 letter words (12)
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