Definition of spendthrift

"spendthrift" in the noun sense

1. spendthrift, spend-all, spender, scattergood

someone who spends money prodigally

"spendthrift" in the adjective sense

1. extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift

recklessly wasteful

"prodigal in their expenditures"

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Quotations for spendthrift

Fie! What a spendthrift he is of his tongue! [ William Shakespeare ]

That we would do,
We should do when we would; for this "would" changes,
And hath abatements and delays as many
As there are tongues, are hands, are accidents;
And then this "should" is like a spendthrift's sigh,
That hurts by easing. [ William Shakespeare, Hamlet ]

It is easy to be a spendthrift with other people's property. [ Platen ]

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

Ah! the spendthrift, love: it gives all and everything with the first sigh! [ Madame de Genlis ]

spendthrift in Scrabble®

The word spendthrift 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: 20

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters spendthrift:

SPENDTHRIFT
(189)
SPENDTHRIFT
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (34 words)

dentist, dithers, finders, fishnet, fitters, friends, hinders, hitters, indepth, pettish, presift, printed, pterins, redfish, refinds, reshift, retints, shifted, shifter, shirted, shrined, snifter, spirted, spitted, stinted, stipend, striped, thrifts, tinders, tinters, tipster, tithers, trident, tripeds

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word spendthrift

SPENDTHRIFT
(189)
SPENDTHRIFT
(189)
SPENDTHRIFT
(126)
SPENDTHRIFT
(126)
SPENDTHRIFT
(104)
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(96)
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(88)
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(84)
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(81)
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(80)
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(80)
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(80)
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(80)
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(80)
SPENDTHRIFT
(66)
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(66)
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(60)
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(60)
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(56)
SPENDTHRIFT
(54)
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(52)
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(50)
SPENDTHRIFT
(46)
SPENDTHRIFT
(44)
SPENDTHRIFT
(44)
SPENDTHRIFT
(44)
SPENDTHRIFT
(44)
SPENDTHRIFT
(44)
SPENDTHRIFT
(44)
SPENDTHRIFT
(36)
SPENDTHRIFT
(32)
SPENDTHRIFT
(28)
SPENDTHRIFT
(28)
SPENDTHRIFT
(26)
SPENDTHRIFT
(26)
SPENDTHRIFT
(25)
SPENDTHRIFT
(24)
SPENDTHRIFT
(24)

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

SPENDTHRIFT
(189)
SPENDTHRIFT
(189)
SPENDTHRIFT
(126)
SPENDTHRIFT
(126)
REDFISH
(106 = 56 + 50)
SHIFTED
(106 = 56 + 50)
REDFISH
(104 = 54 + 50)
SPENDTHRIFT
(104)
REDFISH
(104 = 54 + 50)
REDFISH
(104 = 54 + 50)
SHIFTED
(104 = 54 + 50)
SHIFTED
(104 = 54 + 50)
SHIFTED
(104 = 54 + 50)
FISHNET
(102 = 52 + 50)
INDEPTH
(102 = 52 + 50)
SHIFTER
(102 = 52 + 50)
THRIFTS
(102 = 52 + 50)
RESHIFT
(102 = 52 + 50)
FISHNET
(101 = 51 + 50)
SHIFTER
(101 = 51 + 50)
FISHNET
(101 = 51 + 50)
THRIFTS
(101 = 51 + 50)
THRIFTS
(101 = 51 + 50)
SHIFTER
(101 = 51 + 50)
RESHIFT
(101 = 51 + 50)
SHIFTER
(101 = 51 + 50)
INDEPTH
(101 = 51 + 50)
RESHIFT
(101 = 51 + 50)
RESHIFT
(101 = 51 + 50)
FISHNET
(101 = 51 + 50)
INDEPTH
(98 = 48 + 50)
PETTISH
(98 = 48 + 50)
PRESIFT
(98 = 48 + 50)
SHIFTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PETTISH
(98 = 48 + 50)
PRESIFT
(98 = 48 + 50)
REDFISH
(98 = 48 + 50)
SPENDTHRIFT
(96)
FRIENDS
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHIFTED
(95 = 45 + 50)
REDFISH
(95 = 45 + 50)
DITHERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
INDEPTH
(95 = 45 + 50)
REDFISH
(95 = 45 + 50)
PETTISH
(95 = 45 + 50)
FINDERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHIFTED
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHIFTED
(95 = 45 + 50)
REDFISH
(95 = 45 + 50)
HINDERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
REFINDS
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHRINED
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHIRTED
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHIFTED
(95 = 45 + 50)
REDFISH
(95 = 45 + 50)
PRESIFT
(95 = 45 + 50)
DITHERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHIFTED
(94 = 44 + 50)
REFINDS
(94 = 44 + 50)
HINDERS
(94 = 44 + 50)
DITHERS
(94 = 44 + 50)
SHRINED
(94 = 44 + 50)
SHIRTED
(94 = 44 + 50)
FINDERS
(94 = 44 + 50)
FRIENDS
(94 = 44 + 50)
THRIFTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
THRIFTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
THRIFTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
THRIFTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
THRIFTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
RESHIFT
(92 = 42 + 50)
THRIFTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
RESHIFT
(92 = 42 + 50)
RESHIFT
(92 = 42 + 50)
INDEPTH
(92 = 42 + 50)
RESHIFT
(92 = 42 + 50)
INDEPTH
(92 = 42 + 50)
SHIFTER
(92 = 42 + 50)
TITHERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
FISHNET
(92 = 42 + 50)
HITTERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
FISHNET
(92 = 42 + 50)
FITTERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
FISHNET
(92 = 42 + 50)
THRIFTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
FISHNET
(92 = 42 + 50)
REDFISH
(92 = 42 + 50)
THRIFTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
FISHNET
(92 = 42 + 50)
SNIFTER
(92 = 42 + 50)
SHIFTER
(92 = 42 + 50)
INDEPTH
(92 = 42 + 50)
SHIFTER
(92 = 42 + 50)
SHIFTER
(92 = 42 + 50)
SNIFTER
(92 = 42 + 50)
RESHIFT
(92 = 42 + 50)
SHIFTED
(92 = 42 + 50)
SHIFTER
(92 = 42 + 50)
RESHIFT
(92 = 42 + 50)
TITHERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
SHIFTER
(92 = 42 + 50)
INDEPTH
(92 = 42 + 50)
INDEPTH
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRESIFT
(90 = 40 + 50)
SPITTED
(90 = 40 + 50)
SNIFTER
(90 = 40 + 50)
FITTERS
(90 = 40 + 50)
INDEPTH
(90 = 40 + 50)
PRINTED
(90 = 40 + 50)
STRIPED
(90 = 40 + 50)
SPIRTED
(90 = 40 + 50)
TITHERS
(90 = 40 + 50)
HITTERS
(90 = 40 + 50)
TRIPEDS
(90 = 40 + 50)
STIPEND
(90 = 40 + 50)
PETTISH
(89 = 39 + 50)
PRESIFT
(89 = 39 + 50)
PETTISH
(89 = 39 + 50)
PETTISH
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHIFTER
(89 = 39 + 50)
STIPEND
(89 = 39 + 50)
TRIPEDS
(89 = 39 + 50)
FINDERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
PRESIFT
(89 = 39 + 50)
PRINTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
PETTISH
(89 = 39 + 50)
PETTISH
(89 = 39 + 50)
SPITTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
PETTISH
(89 = 39 + 50)
FINDERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
STRIPED
(89 = 39 + 50)
FISHNET
(89 = 39 + 50)
PRESIFT
(89 = 39 + 50)
FRIENDS
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHIRTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
PRESIFT
(89 = 39 + 50)
STIPEND
(89 = 39 + 50)
SPIRTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
REFINDS
(89 = 39 + 50)
INDEPTH
(89 = 39 + 50)
DITHERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHRINED
(89 = 39 + 50)
HINDERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
THRIFTS
(89 = 39 + 50)
PRESIFT
(89 = 39 + 50)
HINDERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
PRESIFT
(89 = 39 + 50)
TRIPEDS
(89 = 39 + 50)
RESHIFT
(89 = 39 + 50)
SPENDTHRIFT
(88)
SHIRTED
(88 = 38 + 50)
INDEPTH
(88 = 38 + 50)
REDFISH
(88 = 38 + 50)
SHRINED
(88 = 38 + 50)
REFINDS
(88 = 38 + 50)
PTERINS
(86 = 36 + 50)
FRIENDS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHIRTED
(86 = 36 + 50)
FRIENDS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHIRTED
(86 = 36 + 50)
STIPEND
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DITHERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
DITHERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
REFINDS
(86 = 36 + 50)
PTERINS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SPITTED
(86 = 36 + 50)
HINDERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
THRIFTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TIPSTER
(86 = 36 + 50)
PRESIFT
(86 = 36 + 50)
PRINTED
(86 = 36 + 50)
FINDERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHRINED
(86 = 36 + 50)
REFINDS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SPIRTED
(86 = 36 + 50)
REFINDS
(86 = 36 + 50)
FISHNET
(86 = 36 + 50)
REFINDS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHRINED
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHRINED
(86 = 36 + 50)
REDFISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
REDFISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHIRTED
(86 = 36 + 50)
REDFISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
FRIENDS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHIRTED
(86 = 36 + 50)
FRIENDS
(86 = 36 + 50)
PETTISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
FRIENDS
(86 = 36 + 50)
FRIENDS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHRINED
(86 = 36 + 50)
STRIPED
(86 = 36 + 50)
HINDERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
FINDERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
FINDERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
FINDERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRIPEDS
(86 = 36 + 50)
DITHERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
DITHERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
HINDERS
(86 = 36 + 50)

spendthrift in Words With Friends™

The word spendthrift 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: 21

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

SPENDTHRIFT
(279)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (34 words)

dentist, dithers, finders, fishnet, fitters, friends, hinders, hitters, indepth, pettish, presift, printed, pterins, redfish, refinds, reshift, retints, shifted, shifter, shirted, shrined, snifter, spirted, spitted, stinted, stipend, striped, thrifts, tinders, tinters, tipster, tithers, trident, tripeds

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word spendthrift

SPENDTHRIFT
(279)
SPENDTHRIFT
(243)
SPENDTHRIFT
(225)
SPENDTHRIFT
(150)
SPENDTHRIFT
(138)
SPENDTHRIFT
(100)
SPENDTHRIFT
(100)
SPENDTHRIFT
(92)
SPENDTHRIFT
(88)
SPENDTHRIFT
(88)
SPENDTHRIFT
(87)
SPENDTHRIFT
(84)
SPENDTHRIFT
(84)
SPENDTHRIFT
(84)
SPENDTHRIFT
(81)
SPENDTHRIFT
(74)
SPENDTHRIFT
(62)
SPENDTHRIFT
(62)
SPENDTHRIFT
(58)
SPENDTHRIFT
(54)
SPENDTHRIFT
(50)
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(50)
SPENDTHRIFT
(42)
SPENDTHRIFT
(42)
SPENDTHRIFT
(29)
SPENDTHRIFT
(28)
SPENDTHRIFT
(28)
SPENDTHRIFT
(28)
SPENDTHRIFT
(28)
SPENDTHRIFT
(27)
SPENDTHRIFT
(27)
SPENDTHRIFT
(27)
SPENDTHRIFT
(27)
SPENDTHRIFT
(27)
SPENDTHRIFT
(26)
SPENDTHRIFT
(26)
SPENDTHRIFT
(26)
SPENDTHRIFT
(25)
SPENDTHRIFT
(23)

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

SPENDTHRIFT
(279)
SPENDTHRIFT
(243)
SPENDTHRIFT
(225)
SPENDTHRIFT
(150)
SPENDTHRIFT
(138)
INDEPTH
(119 = 84 + 35)
SHIFTED
(116 = 81 + 35)
SHIFTER
(113 = 78 + 35)
RESHIFT
(113 = 78 + 35)
STIPEND
(107 = 72 + 35)
FINDERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
PRESIFT
(104 = 69 + 35)
REDFISH
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRESIFT
(104 = 69 + 35)
REDFISH
(104 = 69 + 35)
SHIFTED
(104 = 69 + 35)
FISHNET
(104 = 69 + 35)
STRIPED
(104 = 69 + 35)
SNIFTER
(104 = 69 + 35)
TRIPEDS
(104 = 69 + 35)
SHIFTER
(101 = 66 + 35)
REFINDS
(101 = 66 + 35)
THRIFTS
(101 = 66 + 35)
FRIENDS
(101 = 66 + 35)
STIPEND
(101 = 66 + 35)
PETTISH
(101 = 66 + 35)
PRINTED
(101 = 66 + 35)
SPENDTHRIFT
(100)
SPENDTHRIFT
(100)
SHIFTED
(98 = 63 + 35)
SPIRTED
(98 = 63 + 35)
REDFISH
(98 = 63 + 35)
PRESIFT
(98 = 63 + 35)
TRIPEDS
(98 = 63 + 35)
PRESIFT
(98 = 63 + 35)
SNIFTER
(98 = 63 + 35)
FISHNET
(98 = 63 + 35)
REDFISH
(98 = 63 + 35)
SHIFTED
(98 = 63 + 35)
FISHNET
(98 = 63 + 35)
FISHNET
(98 = 63 + 35)
REDFISH
(98 = 63 + 35)
PTERINS
(98 = 63 + 35)
HINDERS
(98 = 63 + 35)
SPITTED
(98 = 63 + 35)
STIPEND
(95 = 60 + 35)
STIPEND
(95 = 60 + 35)
FITTERS
(95 = 60 + 35)
RESHIFT
(95 = 60 + 35)
PETTISH
(95 = 60 + 35)
FRIENDS
(95 = 60 + 35)
INDEPTH
(95 = 60 + 35)
INDEPTH
(95 = 60 + 35)
FINDERS
(95 = 60 + 35)
SHIFTER
(95 = 60 + 35)
TIPSTER
(95 = 60 + 35)
SHIFTER
(95 = 60 + 35)
PRINTED
(95 = 60 + 35)
PETTISH
(95 = 60 + 35)
INDEPTH
(95 = 60 + 35)
THRIFTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
RESHIFT
(95 = 60 + 35)
TRIPEDS
(92 = 57 + 35)
TRIPEDS
(92 = 57 + 35)
SHRINED
(92 = 57 + 35)
REDFISH
(92 = 57 + 35)
FISHNET
(92 = 57 + 35)
SNIFTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
SPIRTED
(92 = 57 + 35)
SPENDTHRIFT
(92)
SHIFTED
(92 = 57 + 35)
SNIFTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
SHRINED
(92 = 57 + 35)
PTERINS
(92 = 57 + 35)
REDFISH
(92 = 57 + 35)
SHIFTED
(92 = 57 + 35)
FISHNET
(92 = 57 + 35)
FISHNET
(92 = 57 + 35)
SPITTED
(92 = 57 + 35)
INDEPTH
(91 = 56 + 35)
INDEPTH
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INDEPTH
(91 = 56 + 35)
PRINTED
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FINDERS
(89 = 54 + 35)
RESHIFT
(89 = 54 + 35)
PETTISH
(89 = 54 + 35)
FINDERS
(89 = 54 + 35)
RESHIFT
(89 = 54 + 35)
REFINDS
(89 = 54 + 35)
THRIFTS
(89 = 54 + 35)
SHIFTER
(89 = 54 + 35)
FRIENDS
(89 = 54 + 35)
INDEPTH
(89 = 54 + 35)
REFINDS
(89 = 54 + 35)
FRIENDS
(89 = 54 + 35)
DITHERS
(89 = 54 + 35)
FITTERS
(89 = 54 + 35)
SHIRTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
STIPEND
(89 = 54 + 35)
DITHERS
(89 = 54 + 35)
PRINTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
INDEPTH
(89 = 54 + 35)
PRINTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
SPENDTHRIFT
(88)
SPENDTHRIFT
(88)
FISHNET
(87 = 52 + 35)
PRESIFT
(87 = 52 + 35)
SHIFTED
(87 = 52 + 35)
FISHNET
(87 = 52 + 35)
SHIFTED
(87 = 52 + 35)
REDFISH
(87 = 52 + 35)
SPENDTHRIFT
(87)
SHIFTED
(87 = 52 + 35)
REDFISH
(87 = 52 + 35)
PRESIFT
(87 = 52 + 35)
FISHNET
(87 = 52 + 35)
REDFISH
(87 = 52 + 35)
PRESIFT
(87 = 52 + 35)
HINDERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
PRESIFT
(86 = 51 + 35)
SPITTED
(86 = 51 + 35)
SPIRTED
(86 = 51 + 35)
PTERINS
(86 = 51 + 35)
DENTIST
(86 = 51 + 35)
TRIDENT
(86 = 51 + 35)
SHIFTED
(86 = 51 + 35)
TITHERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
SHRINED
(86 = 51 + 35)
SHIFTED
(86 = 51 + 35)
HITTERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
HINDERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
PRESIFT
(86 = 51 + 35)
TITHERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
HINDERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
SPENDTHRIFT
(84)
SPENDTHRIFT
(84)
SPENDTHRIFT
(84)
SHIRTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
INDEPTH
(83 = 48 + 35)
INDEPTH
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHIFTER
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THRIFTS
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REFINDS
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STIPEND
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DITHERS
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FRIENDS
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STIPEND
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DITHERS
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PRINTED
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STIPEND
(83 = 48 + 35)
STIPEND
(83 = 48 + 35)
PRINTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
PRINTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
DITHERS
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FRIENDS
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PETTISH
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PETTISH
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PETTISH
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RESHIFT
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PRINTED
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RESHIFT
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FRIENDS
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RESHIFT
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SHIFTER
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SHIRTED
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SHIFTER
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STIPEND
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHIFTER
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FRIENDS
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RESHIFT
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FINDERS
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FINDERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
REFINDS
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PETTISH
(83 = 48 + 35)
PETTISH
(83 = 48 + 35)
PRINTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
REFINDS
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHIFTER
(83 = 48 + 35)
REFINDS
(83 = 48 + 35)
PRINTED
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FINDERS
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FINDERS
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RESHIFT
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REFINDS
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FINDERS
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FINDERS
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THRIFTS
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INDEPTH
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THRIFTS
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INDEPTH
(83 = 48 + 35)
THRIFTS
(83 = 48 + 35)
STIPEND
(83 = 48 + 35)
FRIENDS
(83 = 48 + 35)
THRIFTS
(83 = 48 + 35)
SPENDTHRIFT
(81)
TINDERS
(80 = 45 + 35)
PTERINS
(80 = 45 + 35)
TRIPEDS
(80 = 45 + 35)
SHRINED
(80 = 45 + 35)
FISHNET
(80 = 45 + 35)

Words within the letters of spendthrift

2 letter words in spendthrift (13 words)

8 letter words in spendthrift (6 words)

9 letter words in spendthrift (1 word)

11 letter words in spendthrift (1 word)

spendthrift + 1 blank (2 words)

Words containing the sequence spendthrift

Words that start with spendthrift (5 words)

Words with spendthrift in them (1 word)

Words that end with spendthrift (1 word)

Word Growth involving spendthrift

Shorter words in spendthrift

en end pend spend

en pen pend spend

pe pen pend spend

if rift thrift

Longer words containing spendthrift

spendthriftiness

spendthriftness

spendthrifts

spendthrifty