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Is evidence a Scrabble word?

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

E1V4I1D2E1N1C3E1

Is evidence a Scrabble UK word?

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

E1V4I1D2E1N1C3E1

Is evidence a Words With Friends word?

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

E1V5I1D2E1N2C4E1

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8-letter words (1 found)

EVIDENCE,

7-letter words (2 found)

DECEIVE,EVINCED,

6-letter words (10 found)

DEVEIN,DEVICE,EDENIC,ENDIVE,ENVIED,EVENED,EVINCE,INCEDE,VEINED,VENDEE,

5-letter words (9 found)

DEEVE,DEICE,DIENE,EEVEN,NEIVE,NIECE,NIEVE,VICED,VINED,

4-letter words (31 found)

CEDE,CEDI,CIDE,CINE,CIVE,DEEN,DEEV,DENE,DENI,DEVI,DICE,DINE,DIVE,EEVN,EIDE,EINE,EVEN,ICED,IDEE,NEED,NEVE,NEVI,NICE,NIDE,NIED,VEIN,VEND,VICE,VIDE,VIED,VINE,

3-letter words (23 found)

CEE,CID,DEE,DEI,DEN,DEV,DIE,DIN,DIV,EEN,END,ENE,EVE,ICE,IDE,NED,NEE,NID,NIE,VEE,VID,VIE,VIN,

2-letter words (8 found)

DE,DI,ED,EE,EN,ID,IN,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 85 words from evidence according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of evidence

evidence

Etymology

From Middle English evidence, from Old French [Term?], from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns/, /ˈɛv.ə.dəns/
  • (US) IPA(key): [ˈɛv.ɪ.ɾəns], [ˈɛv.ə.ɾəns]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈev.ɪ.dəns/
  • Hyphenation: ev‧i‧dence

Noun

evidence (usually uncountable, plural evidences)

  1. Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
  2. (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
  3. One who bears witness.
  4. A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.

Usage notes

As a noun, the word evidence is usually treated as uncountable. Thus, enumeration would generally follow a formulation such as, "Five pieces of evidence were submitted. That evidence was highly convincing." It would rarely be expressed as, "Five evidences were submitted. Those evidences were highly convincing."

Derived terms

Related terms

  • evident
  • evidential
  • evidentiary

Collocations

Translations

Verb

evidence (third-person singular simple present evidences, present participle evidencing, simple past and past participle evidenced)

  1. (transitive) To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.

Usage notes

To be distinguished from evince.

Translations

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:evidence.

Further reading

  • “evidence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “evidence”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛvɪdɛnt͡sɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛntsɛ

Noun

evidence f

  1. records
  2. registry, repository

Declension

Related terms

  • See vize

See also

  • záznamy
  • databáze
  • registr

Further reading

  • evidence in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • evidence in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • evidence in Internetová jazyková příručka

Friulian

Noun

evidence f (plural evidencis)

  1. evidence

Middle French

Noun

evidence f (plural evidences)

  1. evidence

Descendants

  • French: évidence

Source: wiktionary.org