Unscramble DEFICITS to get 149 words. DEFICITS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
DICTIFES unscrambles to DEFICITS: these are all the words its letters make.
D2E1F4I1C34I1T1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DEFICITS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 11 with 6, 27 with 5, 51 with 4, 39 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFICITS, FECIT and FICES tie for first at 10 points. CITED, EDITS and DIETS are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from DEFICITS are led by FICE and FISC, 9 points each. SITE, SIDE and EDIT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEFICITS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
DEFICITS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEFICITS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFICITS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 119 | 148 | 104 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 29 of them: FECIT, FIDES, CIDES, DEIF, DICTS, FIEST, TICED, CIDE, CIDS, DICT, FEIS, TEFS and 17 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: CISTED, DIFS, DEF, DIF, ETICS, FEST, FES, TECS, DESI, FE, TEC, EDS and 3 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
These 3 words take every letter of DEFICITS plus a single extra one.