Deducts

7 lettersverbmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Third-person singular present tense of deduct, meaning to subtract an amount from a total.

“The payroll system automatically deducts income tax from each employee's monthly salary.”

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Synonyms

subtractsremovestakes offwithholds

Antonyms

adds credits includes

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Wordle

Contains DEDUCT, the -CTS ending is relatively uncommon, look for the T-S cluster at the close

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Worth 10 points, the repeated D and -CTS cluster can help fill gaps on a crowded board

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deduces

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Shorter words formed from the letters in “deducts”.

deduct ducted dusted cetus cutes decus dsect duces ducts dudes duets educt scute stude cest cuds cued cues cust cute cuts decd desc detd

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