deficit
NOUN
/dɛfɪsɪt/
7 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH D
deficit is a valid 7-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
D2E1F4I1C3I1T1
2 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING
What does deficit mean?
NOUN · 4 SENSES
1
The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required.
“new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit”
SYNONYMS
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2
A deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning.
“the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory”
“they have serious linguistic deficits”
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3
An excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period).
“last year there was a serious budgetary deficit”
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4
(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing.
ANTONYMS
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