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Definition of deceptive

"deceptive" in the adjective sense

1. deceptive, delusory

causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true

"deceptive calm"

"a delusory pleasure"

2. deceptive, misleading

designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

"the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"

"deliberately deceptive packaging"

"a misleading similarity"

"statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"

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Quotations for deceptive

Novelty is both delightful and deceptive. [ Balzac ]

Even Justice wears a bandage, and shuts her eyes on everything deceptive. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Marriage is a romance until the book is open. True, the preface is sometimes amusing, but it never lasts long, and it is always deceptive. [ Poincelot ]

It may be said, almost without qualification, that true wisdom consists in the ready and accurate perception of analogies. Without the former quality, knowledge of the past is uninstructive; without the latter it is deceptive. [ Whately ]

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deceptive in Scrabble®

The word deceptive is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters deceptive:

DECEPTIVE
(162)
DECEPTIVE
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

deceive, evicted, evictee

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word deceptive

DECEPTIVE
(162)
DECEPTIVE
(162)
DECEPTIVE
(108)
DECEPTIVE
(108)
DECEPTIVE
(80)
DECEPTIVE
(68)
DECEPTIVE
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DECEPTIVE
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DECEPTIVE
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(60)
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DECEPTIVE
(23)
DECEPTIVE
(22)
DECEPTIVE
(21)
DECEPTIVE
(19)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In deceptive

DECEPTIVE
(162)
DECEPTIVE
(162)
DECEPTIVE
(108)
DECEPTIVE
(108)
DECEIVE
(102 = 52 + 50)
EVICTED
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(101 = 51 + 50)
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EVICTED
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DECEIVE
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EVICTED
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EVICTED
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EVICTEE
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DECEIVE
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DECEPTIVE
(80)
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EVICTEE
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DECEIVE
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DECEIVE
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DECEPTIVE
(68)
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DECEPTIVE
(68)
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(68)
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EVICTED
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DECEIVE
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EVICTEE
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DECEIVE
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EVICTED
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DECEIVE
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DECEIVE
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EVICTEE
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DECEPTIVE
(63)
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(60)
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(60)
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
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(50)
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(48)
DEVICE
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(46)
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(46)
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(45)
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(44)
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(44)
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(42)
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(42)
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(40)
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(36)
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deceptive in Words With Friends™

The word deceptive is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 20

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters deceptive:

DECEPTIVE
(216)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

deceive, evicted, evictee

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word deceptive

DECEPTIVE
(216)
DECEPTIVE
(132)
DECEPTIVE
(132)
DECEPTIVE
(108)
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(100)
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(96)
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(96)
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(90)
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(88)
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(84)
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(72)
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(72)
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(64)
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(60)
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(60)
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(56)
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(52)
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(48)
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(44)
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(44)
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(44)
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(44)
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(42)
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(40)
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(40)
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(40)
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(40)
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(40)
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(40)
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(32)
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(30)
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(29)
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(29)
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(28)
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(27)
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(27)
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(27)
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(27)
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(26)
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(26)
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(26)
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(25)
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(25)
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(24)
DECEPTIVE
(23)
DECEPTIVE
(23)
DECEPTIVE
(22)
DECEPTIVE
(22)
DECEPTIVE
(21)
DECEPTIVE
(21)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In deceptive

DECEPTIVE
(216)
EVICTED
(134 = 99 + 35)
DECEPTIVE
(132)
DECEPTIVE
(132)
EVICTEE
(131 = 96 + 35)
DECEIVE
(116 = 81 + 35)
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(116 = 81 + 35)
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DECEPTIVE
(108)
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EVICTED
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EVICTEE
(101 = 66 + 35)
EVICTEE
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DECEPTIVE
(100)
EVICTED
(98 = 63 + 35)
DECEPTIVE
(96)
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(96)
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DECEIVE
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EVICTED
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EVICTEE
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EVICTEE
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DECEPTIVE
(90)
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EVICTEE
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DECEPTIVE
(88)
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EVICTED
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DECEPTIVE
(84)
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(84)
DEVICE
(84)
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(84)
EVICTEE
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DECEIVE
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(80)
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(80)
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(75)
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(75 = 40 + 35)
DECEIVE
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PIECED
(75)
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EVICTEE
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DECEPTIVE
(72)
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(72)
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(72)
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(72)
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(72)
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(69)
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(66)
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DECEPTIVE
(64)
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EVITED
(63)
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(63)
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(63)
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PIECED
(63)
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(63)
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(63)
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DECEIVE
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PEEVE
(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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CIVET
(60)
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(60)
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EVICTEE
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EVITE
(57)
VIED
(57)
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PIECE
(57)
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(57)
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(56)
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EPIC
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Words within the letters of deceptive

2 letter words in deceptive (4 words)

iditpepi

3 letter words in deceptive (17 words)

ceedeediedipeveiceidepetpiepitteetictietipveevetvie

4 letter words in deceptive (17 words)

cedecedicitedeepdeetdicedietdiveeditepicicedpiedteedtidetiedvicevied

5 letter words in deceptive (10 words)

citedcivetdeiceedictevictevitepeevepiecetepeetepid

6 letter words in deceptive (6 words)

deceitdepictdeviceevitedpeevedpieced

7 letter words in deceptive (3 words)

deceiveevictedevictee

9 letter words in deceptive (1 word)

deceptive

deceptive + 2 blanks (2 words)

deceptivelydeprecative
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Words containing the sequence deceptive

Words that start with deceptive (3 words)

deceptivedeceptivelydeceptiveness

Words with deceptive in them (1 word)

deceptive

Words that end with deceptive (2 words)

deceptivenondeceptive
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Word Growth involving deceptive

Shorter words in deceptive

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Longer words containing deceptive

deceptively

deceptiveness

nondeceptive