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Is delict a Scrabble word?

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

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Is delict a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2E1L1I1C3T1

Is delict a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word delict is a Words With Friends word. The word delict is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1L2I1C4T1

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6-letter words (2 found)

DELICT,DELTIC,

5-letter words (8 found)

CITED,CLIED,EDICT,LITED,TELIC,TICED,TILDE,TILED,

4-letter words (29 found)

CEDI,CEIL,CELT,CIDE,CIEL,CITE,CLIT,DEIL,DELI,DELT,DICE,DICT,DIEL,DIET,DITE,EDIT,EILD,ETIC,ICED,IDLE,LICE,LIED,LITE,TEIL,TELD,TICE,TIDE,TIED,TILE,

3-letter words (24 found)

CEL,CID,CIT,DEI,DEL,DIE,DIT,ELD,ELT,ICE,IDE,LED,LEI,LET,LID,LIE,LIT,TEC,TED,TEL,TIC,TID,TIE,TIL,

2-letter words (10 found)

DE,DI,ED,EL,ET,ID,IT,LI,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 74 words from delict according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of delict

delict

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking; to fail; to transgress”), from dē- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈlɪkt/, /ˈdiːlɪkt/

Noun

delict (plural delicts)

  1. (civil law, Scots law) A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law. [from the early 16th c.]
  2. (law) The branch of law dealing in delicts.

Derived terms

  • delictual
  • quasi-delict

Related terms

  • in flagrant delict

Translations

See also

  • delict on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Scots Law on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • corpus delicti

Anagrams

  • Deltic, deltic

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch delict, from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking", "to fail", "to transgress”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dəˈlɪkt/, /deːˈlɪkt/
  • Hyphenation: de‧lict
  • Rhymes: -ɪkt

Noun

delict n (plural delicten, diminutive delictje n)

  1. crime, wrong

Synonyms

  • misdrijf

Derived terms

  • delictpleger
  • plaats delict

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: delik

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin delictum.

Pronunciation

Noun

delict n (plural delicte)

  1. crime

Declension

See also

  • infracțiune
  • crimă

Source: wiktionary.org