What DEICTIC Means
- noun: a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs“words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message”
- adjective: relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use“deictic pronouns”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEICTIC is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 I1 C3 T1 I1 C3.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In DEICTIC
40 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (2)
5 letter words (5)
4 letter words (13)
3 letter words (12)
2 letter words (8)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.