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Is advantage a Scrabble word?

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

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Is advantage a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is advantage a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word advantage is a Words With Friends word. The word advantage is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

ADVANTAGE,

8-letter words (2 found)

VANADATE,VANTAGED,

7-letter words (1 found)

VANTAGE,

6-letter words (6 found)

ADNATE,ADVENT,AGENDA,AGNATE,GANTED,TANGED,

5-letter words (15 found)

ADAGE,AGATE,AGAVE,AGENT,ANATA,ANTAE,ANTED,AVANT,DAVEN,GANEV,GATED,TANGA,VANDA,VANED,VEGAN,

4-letter words (46 found)

AGED,AGEN,ANGA,ANTA,ANTE,DANG,DANT,DATA,DATE,DEAN,DENT,DEVA,EGAD,ETNA,GADE,GAED,GAEN,GANE,GANT,GATE,GAVE,GEAN,GEAT,GENA,GENT,GETA,GNAT,NADA,NAGA,NAVE,NEAT,TAED,TANA,TANE,TANG,TAVA,TEAD,TEND,VADE,VANE,VANG,VANT,VEGA,VENA,VEND,VENT,

3-letter words (49 found)

AGA,AGE,ANA,AND,ANE,ANT,ATE,AVA,AVE,DAE,DAG,DAN,DEG,DEN,DEV,EAN,EAT,END,ENG,ETA,GAD,GAE,GAN,GAT,GED,GEN,GET,NAE,NAG,NAT,NAV,NED,NEG,NET,TAD,TAE,TAG,TAN,TAV,TEA,TED,TEG,TEN,VAE,VAG,VAN,VAT,VEG,VET,

2-letter words (16 found)

AA,AD,AE,AG,AN,AT,DA,DE,EA,ED,EN,ET,NA,NE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 137 words from advantage according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of advantage

advantage

Alternative forms

  • advauntage (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Late Latin ab ante. The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be from Latin ad (see advance). For sense development, compare foredeal.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ədˈvæn.(t)ɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

advantage (countable and uncountable, plural advantages)

  1. (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
  2. (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
  4. (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
  5. (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
  6. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).

Synonyms

  • (favorable condition or position): edge, vantage
  • (superiority of state, positive aspect): benefit, perk, upside, pro, foredeal
  • (in tennis): ad

Antonyms

  • disadvantage, drawback

Derived terms

Related terms

  • advance
  • vantage

Translations

Verb

advantage (third-person singular simple present advantages, present participle advantaging, simple past and past participle advantaged)

  1. (transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to [from 15th c.]
  2. (reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of [from 16th c.]

Usage notes

  • Some authorities object to the use of advantage as a verb meaning "to provide with an advantage".

Synonyms

  • favor, favorise
  • benefit

Derived terms

  • advantageable

Translations

References

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, see above.

Noun

advantage m (plural advantages)

  1. advantage

Related terms

  • advantageux

Descendants

  • French: avantage
    • → Albanian: avantazh
    • → Greek: αβαντάζ (avantáz)
    • → Polish: awantaż
    • → Portuguese: vantagem
    • → Romanian: avantaj
    • → Spanish: ventaja
    • → Turkish: avantaj

Source: wiktionary.org