deficiency

1. A lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health; an insufficiency: a nutritional deficiency.

2. The quality or condition of being deficient; incompleteness or inadequacy.

3. The quality or state of being .

4. an amount that is lacking or inadequate as.

5. A shortage of substances necessary to health.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
deficiency	21	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
en	2
in	2
if	5
id	3
ne	2
fe	5
ef	5
ed	3
ye	5
de	3

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
die	4
nee	3
fed	7
fee	6
fen	6
fey	9
fid	7
fie	6
eye	6
end	4
fin	6
dee	4
def	7
den	4
dif	7
din	4
dye	7
dey	7
yin	6
cee	5
yen	6
icy	8
ice	5

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
iced	7
cede	7
cedi	7
cine	6
fyce	12
feed	8
fend	8
fice	9
find	8
fine	7
neif	7
defi	8
defy	11
dene	5
deni	5
deny	8
dice	7
dine	5
dyne	8
nidi	5
nide	5
nice	6
eide	5
eyed	8
eyen	7
eyne	7
need	5

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
needy	9
niece	7
indie	6
yince	10
fined	9
cynic	12
deice	8
deify	12
dicey	11
diene	6
edify	12
fence	10
ficin	10
fiend	9

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
edenic	9
deific	12
define	10
nidify	13
infeed	10
fenced	12

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
edifice	13
decency	15

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
deficiency	21