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Deceit in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is deceit a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word deceit is a Scrabble US word. The word deceit is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

D2E1C3E1I1T1

Is deceit a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word deceit is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

D2E1C3E1I1T1

Is deceit a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word deceit is a Words With Friends word. The word deceit is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1C4E1I1T1

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6-letter words (1 found)

DECEIT,

5-letter words (4 found)

CITED,DEICE,EDICT,TICED,

4-letter words (19 found)

CEDE,CEDI,CETE,CIDE,CITE,DEET,DICE,DICT,DIET,DITE,EDIT,EIDE,ETIC,ICED,IDEE,TEED,TICE,TIDE,TIED,

3-letter words (15 found)

CEE,CID,CIT,DEE,DEI,DIE,DIT,ICE,IDE,TEC,TED,TEE,TIC,TID,TIE,

2-letter words (9 found)

DE,DI,ED,EE,ET,ID,IT,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 49 words from deceit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of deceit

deceit

Alternative forms

  • deceipt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English deceyte, from Old French deceite, deçoite, from decevoir (“to deceive”), from Latin dēcipere (“to cheat, mislead”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈsiːt/
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

deceit (plural deceits)

  1. An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
    The whole conversation was merely a deceit.
  2. An act of deceiving someone.
  3. (uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
  4. (law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.

Synonyms

  • (act or behavior intended to deceive): trick, fraud
  • (act of deceiving): deception, trickery
  • (state of being deceptive): underhandedness, deceptiveness, deceitfulness, dissimulation, fraudulence, trickery
  • See also Thesaurus:deception

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