7-Letter Words Starting With DEFI
- 9 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 7-Letter Words Starting With DEFI
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 7-Letter Words Starting With DEFI 9 words
How common is DEFI at the start of seven-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 9 seven-letter words that start with DEFI. They average 11.4 points and the best is DEFICIT (13 points).
- Total words
- 9
- Average Scrabble score
- 11.4
- out of 13 max
- Everyday words
- 67%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- S
- 33.3% of words
Most common last letters
- s 33.3%
- d 22.2%
- r 22.2%
Top vowel pairs
- ia11.1%
- ie11.1%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring seven-letter word that starts with DEFI
d 2e 1f 4i 1c 3i 1t 1
D 2 + E 1 + F 4 + I 1 + C 3 + I 1 + T 1 = 13 points
- Double word
- 26 pts
- Triple word
- 39 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
deficit
- nounthe 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”
- nouna deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning“the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory”
- noun(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
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How many seven-letter words that start with DEFI are there?
There are 9 seven-letter words that start with DEFI in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring seven-letter word that starts with DEFI?
DEFICIT is worth 13 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are DEFINED (12), DEFILED (12), DEFINES (11).
What are some common seven-letter words that start with DEFI?
Everyday examples include DEFINED, DEFINES, DEFIANT, DEFICIT, DEFILED, DEFILES, DEFINER. Sort the list by "Most common" to see the familiar words first.