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Is deflate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word deflate is a Scrabble US word. The word deflate is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is deflate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word deflate is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

D2E1F4L1A1T1E1

Is deflate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word deflate is a Words With Friends word. The word deflate is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

DEFLATE,

6-letter words (8 found)

DEFEAT,DEFLEA,DELATE,ELATED,FEALED,FEATED,FELTED,LEAFED,

5-letter words (17 found)

ALEFT,DEALT,DEFAT,DELFT,DELTA,EALED,ELATE,ELFED,FATED,FETAL,FETED,FLEET,LATED,LEFTE,TEADE,TEAED,TELAE,

4-letter words (47 found)

ALEE,ALEF,DAFT,DALE,DALT,DATE,DEAF,DEAL,DEET,DEFT,DELE,DELF,DELT,EALE,FADE,FATE,FEAL,FEAT,FEED,FEEL,FEET,FELT,FETA,FETE,FLAT,FLEA,FLED,FLEE,LADE,LATE,LEAD,LEAF,LEAT,LEDE,LEED,LEET,LEFT,TAED,TAEL,TALE,TEAD,TEAL,TEED,TEEL,TELA,TELD,TELE,

3-letter words (36 found)

AFT,ALE,ALF,ALT,ATE,DAE,DAL,DEE,DEF,DEL,EAT,EEL,EFT,ELD,ELF,ELT,ETA,FAD,FAE,FAT,FED,FEE,FET,LAD,LAT,LEA,LED,LEE,LET,TAD,TAE,TEA,TED,TEE,TEF,TEL,

2-letter words (17 found)

AD,AE,AL,AT,DA,DE,EA,ED,EE,EF,EL,ET,FA,FE,LA,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 127 words from deflate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of deflate

deflate

Etymology

de- +‎ (in)flate. Coined in 1891, in reference to balloons. Partly based on Latin deflo, deflare (perfect passive participle deflatus), which meant "blow away".

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /diːˈfleɪt/
  • Hyphenation: de‧flate
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

deflate (third-person singular simple present deflates, present participle deflating, simple past and past participle deflated)

  1. (transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
    Coordinate terms: deaerate, deair
  2. (transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
  3. (transitive, economics) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
  4. (intransitive) To become deflated.
  5. (transitive) To let (someone) down, disappoint (them), or put (them) in (their) place.
  6. (transitive, computing) To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
  7. (slang) To belch or flatulate

Antonyms

  • inflate

Derived terms

  • deflation

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Source: wiktionary.org