Unscramble DEFICIENCE and you have 88 words, DEFICIENCE itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are DEFENCE and EDIFICE, 13 points each. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DEFICIENCE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 7, 7 with 6, 9 with 5, 32 with 4, 25 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
FICE scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFICIENCE at 9 points, ahead of DEFI and DEIF on 8. FIND, NEED and FINE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DEFICIENCE for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in CE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DEFENCE and EDIFICE (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: DEFICIENCE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFICIENCE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 88) | 60 | 87 | 55 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEFICIENCE, DECCIE, INCEDE, DEIF, DINIC, ECCE, CIDE, FEEN, FENI, FINI, NIEF, NIFE and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INFEED, DEF, DIF, DENI and FE, 5 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of DEFICIENCE spell the words below.