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Is exception a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word exception is a Scrabble US word. The word exception is worth 20 points in Scrabble:

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Is exception a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word exception is a Scrabble UK word and has 20 points:

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Is exception a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word exception is a Words With Friends word. The word exception is worth 23 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

EXCEPTION,

7-letter words (6 found)

ENTOPIC,EXCITON,NEPOTIC,PENTICE,PICOTEE,POTENCE,

6-letter words (23 found)

CENOTE,ENTICE,EXCEPT,EXCITE,EXONIC,EXOTIC,EXPECT,EXTINE,INCEPT,NOETIC,NOTICE,PECTEN,PECTIN,PEINCT,PICENE,PICOTE,PIECEN,POETIC,POINTE,PONTIC,PONTIE,POTEEN,TOXINE,

5-letter words (29 found)

CENTO,CONTE,COPEN,CTENE,EXINE,INEPT,NEPIT,NETOP,NIECE,ONCET,ONTIC,OPINE,OPTIC,PENCE,PENIE,PICOT,PIECE,PINOT,PINTO,PITON,POINT,PONCE,POTIN,TONIC,TOPEE,TOPIC,TOXIC,TOXIN,XENIC,

4-letter words (61 found)

CENT,CEPE,CETE,CINE,CION,CITE,CITO,COIN,COIT,CONE,CONI,COPE,COTE,EINE,EPIC,ETEN,ETIC,EXEC,EXIT,EXON,EXPO,ICON,INTO,NEEP,NETE,NEXT,NICE,NITE,NIXE,NOPE,NOTE,OINT,ONCE,ONIE,OPEN,OTIC,OXEN,OXIC,PEEN,PEIN,PENE,PENI,PENT,PEON,PICE,PIET,PINE,PINT,PION,POET,PONE,PONT,POTE,TEEN,TEIN,TENE,TICE,TINE,TONE,TOPE,TOPI,

3-letter words (51 found)

CEE,CEP,CIT,CON,COP,COT,COX,ECO,EEN,ENE,EON,EXO,ICE,ION,NEE,NEP,NET,NIE,NIP,NIT,NIX,NOT,NOX,ONE,OPE,OPT,PEC,PEE,PEN,PET,PIC,PIE,PIN,PIT,PIX,POI,POT,POX,TEC,TEE,TEN,TEX,TIC,TIE,TIN,TIP,TIX,TOC,TOE,TON,TOP,

2-letter words (21 found)

EE,EN,ET,EX,IN,IO,IT,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OP,OX,PE,PI,PO,TE,TI,TO,XI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 193 words from exception according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of exception

exception

Etymology

From Middle English exception, excepcioun, from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin exceptiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əkˈsɛpʃən/, /ɪkˈsɛpʃən/
  • Homophone: acception (for pronunciations with schwa)

Noun

exception (countable and uncountable, plural exceptions)

  1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
  2. That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.
    Synonym: outlier
    Antonyms: commonness, generality
  3. (law) An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
  5. (usually followed by to or against) An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense.
  6. (programming) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part.
    null pointer exception

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exceptiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛk.sɛp.sjɔ̃/

Noun

exception f (plural exceptions)

  1. exception
    Antonym: règle
    L’exception confirme la règle. ― The exception proves the rule.
  2. (programming) exception (interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition)

Derived terms

  • à l’exception de
  • d’exception
  • exception qui confirme la règle
  • exceptionnel
  • faire exception
  • sans exception

Further reading

  • “exception”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Noun

exception f (plural exceptions)

  1. (computing) exception (an interruption in normal processing)
    Synonym: exceção

Source: wiktionary.org