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Is derelict a Scrabble word?

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

D2E1R1E1L1I1C3T1

Is derelict a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2E1R1E1L1I1C3T1

Is derelict a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word derelict is a Words With Friends word. The word derelict is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1R1E1L2I1C4T1

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8-letter words (1 found)

DERELICT,

7-letter words (5 found)

RECITED,RETICLE,RETILED,TIERCED,TIERCEL,

6-letter words (30 found)

CEILED,CEILER,CERITE,CERTIE,CIELED,CLERID,CREDIT,DECEIT,DECILE,DEICER,DELICE,DELICT,DELTIC,DIETER,DIRECT,LEIRED,LIEDER,RECITE,REEDIT,RELICT,RELIDE,RELIED,RETIED,RETILE,TEDIER,TERCEL,TIERCE,TIERED,TIRLED,TRICED,

5-letter words (47 found)

CEDER,CERED,CIDER,CITED,CITER,CLIED,CREED,CREEL,CRIED,DEICE,DETER,DICER,DRICE,EDICT,EDILE,EIDER,ELDER,ELECT,ELIDE,ELITE,ERECT,IDLER,LERED,LITED,LITER,LITRE,RECIT,RECTI,RELET,RELIC,RELIE,RELIT,RETIE,RICED,RILED,TELIC,TERCE,TICED,TILDE,TILED,TILER,TIRED,TREED,TRICE,TRIDE,TRIED,TRILD,

4-letter words (78 found)

CEDE,CEDI,CEIL,CELT,CERE,CERT,CETE,CIDE,CIEL,CIRE,CIRL,CITE,CLIT,CRED,CREE,CRIT,DEER,DEET,DEIL,DELE,DELI,DELT,DERE,DICE,DICT,DIEL,DIET,DIRE,DIRL,DIRT,DITE,DREE,EDIT,EIDE,EILD,ERED,ERIC,ETIC,ICED,ICER,IDEE,IDLE,IRED,LEDE,LEED,LEER,LEET,LEIR,LERE,LICE,LIED,LIER,LIRE,LITE,REDE,REED,REEL,RETE,RICE,RIDE,RIEL,RILE,RITE,TEED,TEEL,TEER,TEIL,TELD,TELE,TICE,TIDE,TIED,TIER,TILE,TIRE,TIRL,TREE,TRIE,

3-letter words (38 found)

CEE,CEL,CID,CIT,DEE,DEI,DEL,DIE,DIT,EEL,ELD,ELT,ERE,ICE,IDE,IRE,LED,LEE,LEI,LET,LID,LIE,LIT,REC,RED,REE,REI,RET,RID,RIT,TEC,TED,TEE,TEL,TIC,TID,TIE,TIL,

2-letter words (13 found)

DE,DI,ED,EE,EL,ER,ET,ID,IT,LI,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 213 words from derelict according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of derelict

derelict

Etymology

From Latin derelictus, perfect passive participle of dērelinquō (“to forsake, abandon”) from dē- + relinquō (“to abandon, relinquish, leave (behind)”), from rē- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛɹəlɪkt/

Adjective

derelict (comparative more derelict, superlative most derelict)

  1. Abandoned, forsaken; given up by the natural owner or guardian; (of a ship) abandoned at sea, dilapidated, neglected; (of a spacecraft) abandoned in outer space.
    There was a derelict ship on the island.
  2. Negligent in performing a duty.
  3. Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.

Synonyms

  • (abandoned): abandoned

Translations

Noun

derelict (plural derelicts)

  1. Property abandoned by its former owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
  2. (dated) An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast.
  3. A homeless and/or jobless person; a person who is (perceived as) negligent in their personal affairs and hygiene. (This sense is a modern development of the preceding sense.)
    Hyponym: invalid

Translations

See also

  • flotsam
  • jetsam
  • lagan
  • salvage

Anagrams

  • relicted, reticled

Source: wiktionary.org