175 words come out when you unscramble DEFICIENT, starting with DEFICIENT itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2E1F4I1C34I1E1N12T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DEFICIENT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 8 with 7, 19 with 6, 25 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 16 with 2.
DEFECT, DEIFIC and FENCED are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFICIENT, 12 points each. DEFINE, DECENT and FINITE will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFICIENT is FICE, 9 points; DEFI and DEFT on 8 follow. FIND, NEED and TEEN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DEFICIENT for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FETICIDE and INFECTED (14 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEFICIENT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFICIENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 175) | 131 | 174 | 122 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
43 of the 175 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INFICETE, FECIT, INCEDE, DEIF, DIETINE, DINIC, FIENT, TICED, CIDE, CTENE, DICT, EIDENT and 31 more. 9 of the 175 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INFEED, DEF, DIF, IDENT, DENI, FE, TEC, TEIN and TE. 1 of the 175 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of DEFICIENT spell the words below.