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Is deficit a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word deficit is a Scrabble US word. The word deficit is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is deficit a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word deficit is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Yes. The word deficit is a Words With Friends word. The word deficit is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

DEFICIT,

6-letter words (2 found)

CITIED,DEIFIC,

5-letter words (6 found)

CITED,EDICT,FECIT,FETID,TEIID,TICED,

4-letter words (17 found)

CEDI,CIDE,CITE,DEFI,DEFT,DEIF,DICE,DICT,DIET,DITE,EDIT,ETIC,FICE,ICED,TICE,TIDE,TIED,

3-letter words (21 found)

CID,CIT,DEF,DEI,DIE,DIF,DIT,EFT,FED,FET,FID,FIE,FIT,ICE,IDE,TEC,TED,TEF,TIC,TID,TIE,

2-letter words (11 found)

DE,DI,ED,EF,ET,FE,ID,IF,IT,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 59 words from deficit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of deficit

deficit

Etymology

From French déficit, from Latin dēficit.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɛfɪsɪt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɛfəsɪt/
  • Hyphenation: de‧fi‧cit

Noun

deficit (plural deficits)

  1. Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
  2. A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.

Synonyms

  • fiscal deficit, shortfall

Antonyms

  • surplus

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

  • “deficit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

  • deficit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛfɪt͡sɪt]

Noun

deficit m inan

  1. deficit

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • deficit in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • deficit in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English deficit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.fi.t͡ʃit/
  • Rhymes: -ɛfitʃit
  • Hyphenation: dè‧fi‧cit

Noun

deficit m (invariable)

  1. (economics, medicine) deficit

Latin

Verb

dēficit

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of dēficiō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: de‧fi‧cit

Noun

deficit m (plural deficits)

  1. Alternative form of déficit

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French déficit.

Noun

deficit n (plural deficite)

  1. deficit

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dȅficit m (Cyrillic spelling де̏фицит)

  1. deficit (financial)

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org