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Is benevolence a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word benevolence is a Scrabble US word. The word benevolence is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

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Is benevolence a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word benevolence is a Scrabble UK word and has 18 points:

B3E1N1E1V4O1L1E1N1C3E1

Is benevolence a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word benevolence is a Words With Friends word. The word benevolence is worth 24 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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11-letter words (1 found)

BENEVOLENCE,

7-letter words (2 found)

CONVENE,ENNOBLE,

6-letter words (11 found)

BELOVE,CLEEVE,CLOVEN,ECBOLE,ELEVEN,ELEVON,ENLEVE,EOCENE,VELOCE,VENENE,VENNEL,

5-letter words (24 found)

BELEE,BELON,BENNE,BEVEL,BONCE,BONNE,CELEB,CLEVE,CLONE,CLOVE,COBLE,CONNE,COVEN,EEVEN,ELVEN,LEBEN,LEONE,LEVEE,NEBEL,NEELE,NEVEL,NOBLE,NONCE,NOVEL,

4-letter words (33 found)

BEEN,BENE,BLEE,BLOC,BOLE,BONE,CLON,COLE,CONE,CONN,COVE,EBON,EEVN,ENOL,EVEN,EVOE,LENO,LEVE,LEVO,LOBE,LONE,LOVE,NENE,NEON,NEVE,NOEL,NOLE,NONE,ONCE,OVEL,OVEN,VELE,VOLE,

3-letter words (29 found)

BEE,BEL,BEN,BON,CEE,CEL,COB,COL,CON,ECO,EEL,EEN,ENE,EON,EVE,EVO,LEE,LEV,LOB,NEB,NEE,NOB,NON,OBE,OLE,ONE,VEE,VOE,VOL,

2-letter words (11 found)

BE,BO,EE,EL,EN,LO,NE,NO,OB,OE,ON,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 112 words from benevolence according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of benevolence

benevolence

Etymology

Circa 1400, original sense “good will, disposition to do good”, Old French benivolence from Latin benevolentia (also directly from Latin), literally “good will”, from bene (“well, good”) + volentia, form of volēns, form of volō (“I wish”), components cognate to English benefit and voluntary, more distantly will (via Proto-Indo-European).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈnɛvələns/

Noun

benevolence (countable and uncountable, plural benevolences)

  1. (uncountable) Disposition to do good.
  2. (uncountable) Charitable kindness.
  3. (countable) An altruistic gift or act.
  4. (UK, historical) A kind of forced loan or contribution levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV in 1473.

Antonyms

  • malevolence

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Source: wiktionary.org