Definition of deleterious

"deleterious" in the adjective sense

1. deleterious, hurtful, injurious

harmful to living things

"deleterious chemical additives"

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Quotations for deleterious

'Tis pity wine should be so deleterious,
For tea +{Drink, Drunkenness} and coffee leave us much more serious. [ Byron ]

deleterious in Scrabble®

The word deleterious 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: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters deleterious:

DELETERIOUS
(117)
DELETERIOUS
(117)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (61 words)

deerlet, deleter, deletes, delouse, detours, diester, dieters, diluter, dilutes, duelers, duelist, dustier, editors, eeriest, eluders, elutors, erotise, erudite, estriol, eustele, ioduret, leisure, loiters, loudest, lousier, lustier, oilseed, outlier, outlies, outride, outside, reedits, reested, reoiled, residue, resoled, retiled, retiles, roisted, roselet, rudites, rustled, rutiles, seedier, sleeted, soldier, sortied, steeled, steelie, steered, sterile, steroid, storied, stourie, strudel, studier, tedious, tierods, toilers, toluide, tousled

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word deleterious

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

DELETERIOUS
(117)
DELETERIOUS
(117)
DIETERS
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RUSTLED
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STEERED
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EDITORS
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STRUDEL
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TOLUIDE
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ERUDITE
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OILSEED
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SEEDIER
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DIESTER
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DUSTIER
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DELOUSE
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DUELIST
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DILUTER
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RETILED
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STEELED
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TIERODS
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RESIDUE
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REESTED
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DELETER
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SOLDIER
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OUTRIDE
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STORIED
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IODURET
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ELUDERS
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DETOURS
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STEROID
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ROISTED
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OUTSIDE
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SORTIED
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DILUTES
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DUELERS
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REOILED
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TOUSLED
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DELETER
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DILUTES
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STUDIER
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EDITORS
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DEERLET
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DIESTER
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ROISTED
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OUTSIDE
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SOLDIER
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IODURET
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RESIDUE
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DETOURS
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OUTRIDE
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TIERODS
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RESOLED
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REEDITS
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OILSEED
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SLEETED
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TOLUIDE
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REOILED
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ERUDITE
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TOUSLED
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DELOUSE
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STEERED
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ERUDITE
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REESTED
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DILUTER
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RETILED
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ELUDERS
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EROTISE
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RETILES
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DELETERIOUS
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RUTILES
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ROSELET
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DELETERIOUS
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EUSTELE
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LOITERS
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LOUDEST
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TIERODS
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OUTSIDE
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TIERODS
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REEDITS
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DELOUSE
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REEDITS
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REESTED
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RUSTLED
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deleterious in Words With Friends™

The word deleterious 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: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters deleterious:

DELETERIOUS
(162)
DELETERIOUS
(162)
DELETERIOUS
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (61 words)

deerlet, deleter, deletes, delouse, detours, diester, dieters, diluter, dilutes, duelers, duelist, dustier, editors, eeriest, eluders, elutors, erotise, erudite, estriol, eustele, ioduret, leisure, loiters, loudest, lousier, lustier, oilseed, outlier, outlies, outride, outside, reedits, reested, reoiled, residue, resoled, retiled, retiles, roisted, roselet, rudites, rustled, rutiles, seedier, sleeted, soldier, sortied, steeled, steelie, steered, sterile, steroid, storied, stourie, strudel, studier, tedious, tierods, toilers, toluide, tousled

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word deleterious

DELETERIOUS
(162)
DELETERIOUS
(162)
DELETERIOUS
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DELETERIOUS
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In deleterious

DELETERIOUS
(162)
DELETERIOUS
(162)
DELETERIOUS
(162)
DELETERIOUS
(96)
DELETERIOUS
(96)
TOLUIDE
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DELOUSE
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DILUTER
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RESOLED
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OUTLIES
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SLEETED
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Words within the letters of deleterious

2 letter words in deleterious (11 words)

9 letter words in deleterious (2 words)

11 letter words in deleterious (1 word)

deleterious + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence deleterious

Words that start with deleterious (3 words)

Words with deleterious in them (1 word)

Words that end with deleterious (1 word)

Word Growth involving deleterious

Shorter words in deleterious

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Longer words containing deleterious

deleteriously

deleteriousness