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Is allowance a Scrabble word?

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

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Is allowance a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is allowance a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word allowance is a Words With Friends word. The word allowance is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

ALLOWANCE,

7-letter words (1 found)

CANELLA,

6-letter words (7 found)

ANLACE,CALLAN,CALLOW,CANOLA,CLONAL,ENWALL,LOCALE,

5-letter words (26 found)

ALANE,ALLOW,ALONE,ALOWE,ANCLE,ANOLE,CALLA,CANAL,CANOE,CELLA,CELLO,CLEAN,CLONE,CLOWN,COALA,COWAL,COWAN,LANCE,LLANO,LOCAL,LOWAN,LOWNE,NALLA,OCEAN,WALLA,WANLE,

4-letter words (63 found)

ACNE,AEON,ALAE,ALAN,ALCO,ALEC,ALEW,ALOE,ALOW,ANAL,ANCE,ANEW,ANOA,ANOW,AWOL,CALL,CALO,CANE,CELL,CLAN,CLAW,CLEW,CLON,CLOW,COAL,COLA,COLE,COLL,CONE,COWL,ELAN,ENOL,ENOW,EOAN,LACE,LANA,LANE,LAWN,LEAL,LEAN,LENO,LOAN,LOCA,LONE,LOWE,LOWN,NALA,NEAL,NOEL,NOLE,NOLL,NOWL,OLEA,OLLA,ONCE,WAAC,WALE,WALL,WANE,WEAL,WEAN,WELL,WENA,

3-letter words (43 found)

AAL,ACE,ALA,ALE,ALL,ANA,ANE,AWA,AWE,AWL,AWN,CAA,CAL,CAN,CAW,CEL,COL,CON,COW,EAN,ECO,ELL,EON,LAC,LAW,LEA,LEW,LOW,NAE,NAW,NEW,NOW,OCA,OLE,ONE,OWE,OWL,OWN,WAE,WAN,WEN,WOE,WON,

2-letter words (19 found)

AA,AE,AL,AN,AW,EA,EL,EN,EW,LA,LO,NA,NE,NO,OE,ON,OW,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 161 words from allowance according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of allowance

allowance

Alternative forms

  • allowaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English allouance, from Old French alouance.

Morphologically allow +‎ -ance.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈlaʊəns/

Noun

allowance (countable and uncountable, plural allowances)

  1. Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting
  2. Acknowledgment.
  3. An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose
  4. Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances
  5. (commerce) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, differing by country.
  6. (horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
    Antonym: penalty
  7. A child's allowance; pocket money.
  8. (minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
  9. (obsolete) Approval; approbation.
  10. (obsolete) License; indulgence.
  11. (engineering) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.

Synonyms

  • (act of allowing): authorization, permission, sanction, tolerance.
  • (money): stipend
  • (minting): remedy, tolerance

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: alawans
  • → Malay: élaun

Translations

Verb

allowance (third-person singular simple present allowances, present participle allowancing, simple past and past participle allowanced)

  1. (transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).
  2. (transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

References

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

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