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Is DEFICIENT a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list DEFICIENT is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

Scrabble pointsWords With Friends pointsLetters
15179

What does DEFICIENT mean?

  1. adjectiveinadequate in amount or degree
  2. adjectiveof a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
  3. adjectivefalling short of some prescribed norm

Definitions from WordNet.

Hooks for DEFICIENT

Add a letter to make a new word: DEFICIENTS.

Words inside DEFICIENT

See all 123 words you can make from DEFICIENT

Similar word lists

9 letter wordsWords starting with DEWords ending in NTWords ending in ENT

About this list

Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

Look up DEFICIENT in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Collins or Dictionary.com. Check it for Scrabble at Merriam-Webster Scrabble.

FAQ

Is DEFICIENT a Scrabble word?

DEFICIENT is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is DEFICIENT worth?

DEFICIENT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does DEFICIENT mean?

Inadequate in amount or degree.