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Is abundance a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word abundance is a Scrabble US word. The word abundance is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is abundance a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word abundance is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Is abundance a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word abundance is a Words With Friends word. The word abundance is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

ABUNDANCE,

7-letter words (2 found)

BANDEAU,NUANCED,

6-letter words (12 found)

ABDUCE,AUBADE,BANNED,BUNCED,CADEAU,CANNAE,CANNED,CAUDAE,CUBANE,DUENNA,NUANCE,UNBEND,

5-letter words (24 found)

ABAND,ABUNA,ABUNE,ACNED,ADUNC,BAAED,BANDA,BANED,BUNCE,BUNDE,CAAED,CANED,CANNA,CAUDA,CUBED,DANCE,DAUBE,DECAN,DUNCE,NANCE,NANDU,NANUA,UNBAN,UNBED,

4-letter words (44 found)

ABAC,ABED,ACED,ACNE,ANAN,ANCE,ANNA,AUNE,BADE,BANC,BAND,BANE,BAUD,BEAD,BEAN,BEAU,BEDU,BEND,BUDA,BUNA,BUND,BUNN,CABA,CADE,CANE,CANN,CUBE,CUED,DACE,DAUB,DEAN,DUAN,DUCE,DUNE,ECAD,NAAN,NABE,NADA,NANA,NANE,NUDE,UNBE,UNCE,UNDE,

3-letter words (43 found)

ABA,ACE,ANA,AND,ANE,ANN,AUA,AUE,BAA,BAC,BAD,BAE,BAN,BED,BEN,BUD,BUN,CAA,CAB,CAD,CAN,CUB,CUD,CUE,DAB,DAE,DAN,DEB,DEN,DUB,DUE,DUN,EAN,EAU,ECU,END,NAB,NAE,NAN,NEB,NED,NUB,NUN,

2-letter words (16 found)

AA,AB,AD,AE,AN,BA,BE,DA,DE,EA,ED,EN,NA,NE,NU,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 143 words from abundance according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of abundance

abundance

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) abundaunce
  • (obsolete) habundance
  • (obsolete) boundance
  • (card games) abondance

Etymology

From Middle English abundaunce, habaundance, from Old French habundance, abondance, from Latin abundantia (“fullness, plenty”), from abundō (“to overflow”). Equivalent to abound +‎ -ance.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/, /əˈbʌn.dn̩ts/, /əˈbn̩.dn̩s/

Noun

abundance (countable and uncountable, plural abundances)

  1. A large quantity; many. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
    Synonyms: heap, load; see also Thesaurus:lot
  2. An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
    Synonyms: exuberance, copiousness, overflow, plenty, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude; see also Thesaurus:excess
  3. Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
    Synonyms: riches, affluence, wealth; see also Thesaurus:wealth
  4. Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
  5. (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
  6. (Scotland) enough, sufficiency.

Usage notes

  • Synonym notes: abundance, plenty, exuberance. These words express increasing levels of fullness.
    • plenty denotes there is enough to supply every need; e.g., plenty of food, plenty of money, etc.
    • abundance expresses more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; e.g., the abundance of riches, an abundance of wit and humor
    • Exuberance expresses even more, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing an enormous amount of superfluity or redundancy; e.g. an exuberance of talent, lakes replete with an exuberance of fish

Synonyms

  • abundation (Chester)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • abound
  • abundant

Translations

References

  • “abundance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Source: wiktionary.org