Edifies is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 68 anagrams from letters in edifies (deefiis).
1300-50; Middle English edifien Anglo-French, Old French edifier Latin aedificāre to build, equivalent to aedi- (stem of aedes) house, temple + -ficāre -fy
He opens his budget and edifies us with a speech—one-half the house goes away.
To her great surprise she hears that the sister continues there, and edifies the whole community by her piety.
In so far as the drama uplifts and edifies the audience, it does so, not by precept or by syllogism, but by emotional suggestion.
So it is with South Park, which edifies as it offends—or maybe edifies because it offends.