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What does license mean? Is license a Scrabble word?

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Is license a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word license is a Scrabble US word. The word license is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

L1I1C3E1N1S1E1

Is license a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word license is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

L1I1C3E1N1S1E1

Is license a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word license is a Words With Friends word. The word license is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2I1C4E1N2S1E1

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7-letter words (3 found)

LICENSE,SELENIC,SILENCE,

6-letter words (10 found)

CLINES,ENISLE,ENSILE,INCELS,INCLES,NELIES,NIECES,SENILE,SIECLE,SILENE,

5-letter words (23 found)

CEILS,CENSE,CIELS,CINES,CLIES,CLINE,EISEL,ELSIN,ESILE,INCEL,INCLE,LENES,LENIS,LENSE,LIENS,LINES,NELIS,NIECE,SCENE,SEINE,SILEN,SINCE,SLICE,

4-letter words (35 found)

CEES,CEIL,CELS,CENS,CIEL,CINE,EELS,EINE,ELSE,ENES,ESNE,ICES,ISLE,LEES,LEIS,LENS,LICE,LIEN,LIES,LINE,LINS,NICE,NIES,NILS,SEEL,SEEN,SEIL,SELE,SENE,SICE,SIEN,SILE,SINE,SLEE,SNEE,

3-letter words (27 found)

CEE,CEL,CIS,EEL,EEN,ELS,ENE,ENS,ICE,INS,LEE,LEI,LES,LIE,LIN,LIS,NEE,NIE,NIL,NIS,SEC,SEE,SEI,SEL,SEN,SIC,SIN,

2-letter words (9 found)

EE,EL,EN,ES,IN,IS,LI,NE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 108 words from license according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of license

license

Alternative forms

  • licence (noun, Commonwealth)

Etymology

From Middle English licence, licens, lisence, lissens, licance (noun) and licencen, licensen, lisensen, licent (verb), from Old French licence, from Latin licentia (“license”), from licens, present participle of licere (“to be allowed, be allowable”); compare linquere, Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɪsəns/
  • Rhymes: -aɪsəns
  • Hyphenation: li‧cense

Noun

license (countable and uncountable, plural licenses) (American spelling)

  1. A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
  2. The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
  3. Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
  4. Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
  5. Short for driver's license.

Usage notes

  • In British English, Canadian English, Australian English, Irish English, South African English and New Zealand English the noun is spelt licence and the verb is license.
  • The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • licensure
  • licentious

Descendants

  • → Gulf Arabic: ليسن (lēsin)

Translations

Verb

license (third-person singular simple present licenses, present participle licensing, simple past and past participle licensed)

  1. To authorize officially.
  2. (transitive) (applied to a piece of intellectual property)
    1. To give formal authorization to use.
    2. To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation.
  3. (transitive) To give permission or freedom to; accept.
  4. (linguistics, transitive) To permit (as grammatically correct).

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Translations

Further reading

  • “license”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “license”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • Licence in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

  • selenic, silence

Source: wiktionary.org