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Yes. The word indolence is a Scrabble US word. The word indolence is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is indolence a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word indolence is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Yes. The word indolence is a Words With Friends word. The word indolence is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

INDOLENCE,

7-letter words (5 found)

CINEOLE,CODEINE,DECLINE,ELOINED,LEONINE,

6-letter words (31 found)

CEILED,CIELED,CINEOL,CLONED,CODEIN,CODLIN,COILED,COINED,COLDIE,CONDIE,CONINE,CONNED,CONNIE,DECILE,DELICE,DINNLE,DOCILE,DOLINE,DONNEE,EDENIC,ENCODE,ENOLIC,INCEDE,INDENE,INDOLE,LINDEN,LINNED,NEONED,OLEINE,ONDINE,ONLINE,

5-letter words (38 found)

CLIED,CLINE,CLONE,CODEN,COLED,COLIN,CONED,CONIN,CONNE,DEICE,DIENE,DOLCE,DOLCI,DONEE,DONNE,EDILE,ELDIN,ELIDE,ELOIN,INCEL,INCLE,INDOL,INNED,LEONE,LINED,LINEN,LOCIE,LODEN,NEELD,NICOL,NIECE,NONCE,OILED,OLDEN,OLDIE,OLEIC,OLEIN,ONNED,

4-letter words (83 found)

CEDE,CEDI,CEIL,CIDE,CIEL,CINE,CION,CLOD,CLON,CODE,COED,COID,COIL,COIN,COLD,COLE,COND,CONE,CONI,CONN,DECO,DEEN,DEIL,DELE,DELI,DELO,DENE,DENI,DICE,DIEL,DINE,DINO,DIOL,DOEN,DOLE,DONE,ECOD,EIDE,EILD,EINE,ENOL,ICED,ICON,IDEE,IDLE,IDOL,LEDE,LEED,LEND,LENO,LICE,LIDO,LIED,LIEN,LIND,LINE,LINN,LINO,LION,LOCI,LODE,LOID,LOIN,LONE,NEED,NENE,NEON,NICE,NIDE,NIED,NINE,NODE,NODI,NOEL,NOIL,NOLE,NONE,NONI,ODIC,OLDE,OLID,ONCE,ONIE,

3-letter words (46 found)

CEE,CEL,CID,COD,COL,CON,DEE,DEI,DEL,DEN,DIE,DIN,DOC,DOE,DOL,DON,ECO,EEL,EEN,ELD,END,ENE,EON,ICE,IDE,INN,ION,LED,LEE,LEI,LID,LIE,LIN,LOD,NED,NEE,NID,NIE,NIL,NOD,NON,ODE,OIL,OLD,OLE,ONE,

2-letter words (18 found)

DE,DI,DO,ED,EE,EL,EN,ID,IN,IO,LI,LO,NE,NO,OD,OE,OI,ON,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 223 words from indolence according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of indolence

indolence

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French indolence, or from its etymon Latin indolentia (“freedom from pain; insensibility”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + dolēns (“hurting, suffering; grieving, lamenting”) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Dolēns is the present participle of doleō (“to hurt, suffer; to be sorry, deplore, grieve for, lament”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to divide, split”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪndəl(ə)ns/, /ˈɪndl̩(ə)ns/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪndl̩əns/
  • Hyphenation: in‧dol‧ence

Noun

indolence (usually uncountable, plural indolences)

  1. Habitual laziness or sloth.
    Synonyms: (archaic except literary) accidie, idleness, inapplication, (obsolete) indolency, inexertion, (Philippines) noynoying, (obsolete, rare) oisivity, slothfulness, sluggishness, (obsolete) unservice
    Antonyms: application, diligence, (rare) hardworkingness, industriousness, industry
  2. (pathology) Lack of pain in a tumour.
  3. (obsolete) A state in which one feels no pain or is indifferent to it; a lack of any feeling.
    Synonyms: (obsolete) unsensibleness, (obsolete) indolency
  4. (obsolete) A state of repose in which neither pain nor pleasure is experienced.
    Synonym: (obsolete) indolency

Related terms

  • indolency (obsolete)
  • indolent
  • indolently

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Further reading

  • laziness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • indolence (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indolentia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.dɔ.lɑ̃s/

Noun

indolence f (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) insensibility, lack of pain
  2. laziness, indolence

Further reading

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

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