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Is necessity a Scrabble word?

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

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Is necessity a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is necessity a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word necessity is a Words With Friends word. The word necessity is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (2 found)

CYSTEINES,NECESSITY,

8-letter words (5 found)

CENTESIS,CYSTEINE,CYSTEINS,CYSTINES,SYENITES,

7-letter words (10 found)

CYSTEIN,CYSTINE,ENCYSTS,ENTICES,INCESTS,INSECTS,SEITENS,SESTINE,SYENITE,TINSEYS,

6-letter words (31 found)

CENSES,CITESS,CTENES,CYESES,CYESIS,ECESIS,ENCYST,ENTICE,ESNECY,INCEST,INSECT,INSETS,NICEST,NICETY,NIECES,SCENES,SCENTS,SCIENT,SEINES,SEITEN,SENSEI,SEYENS,SIENTS,STEENS,STEINS,SYCEES,TEENSY,TENESI,TENSES,TINSEY,YENTES,

5-letter words (75 found)

CENSE,CENTS,CESSE,CESTI,CETES,CINES,CISSY,CISTS,CITES,CTENE,CYSTS,CYTES,EENSY,ESNES,ETENS,ETICS,INSET,NEIST,NESTS,NETES,NIECE,NISSE,NITES,SCENE,SCENT,SCYES,SECTS,SEINE,SEISE,SEITY,SENES,SENSE,SENSI,SENTE,SENTI,SENTS,SESEY,SEYEN,SICES,SIENS,SIENT,SINCE,SINES,SITES,SNEES,SNIES,SNITS,SNYES,STEEN,STEIN,STENS,STEYS,STIES,STYES,SYCEE,SYCES,SYENS,SYNCS,SYNES,TEENS,TEENY,TEINS,TENES,TENSE,TICES,TINES,TIYNS,TYEES,TYNES,YENTE,YESES,YESTS,YETIS,YINCE,YITES,

4-letter words (89 found)

CEES,CENS,CENT,CESS,CETE,CINE,CIST,CITE,CITS,CITY,CYST,CYTE,EINE,ENES,ENTS,ESES,ESNE,ESSE,ESTS,ETEN,ETIC,EYEN,EYES,EYNE,ICES,NESS,NEST,NETE,NETS,NICE,NIES,NITE,NITS,NYES,SCYE,SECS,SECT,SEEN,SEES,SEIS,SENE,SENS,SENT,SESE,SETS,SEYS,SICE,SICS,SIEN,SIES,SINE,SINS,SIST,SITE,SITS,SNEE,SNIT,SNYE,STEN,STEY,STIE,STYE,SYCE,SYEN,SYES,SYNC,SYNE,TECS,TEEN,TEES,TEIN,TENE,TENS,TICE,TICS,TIES,TINE,TINS,TINY,TIYN,TYEE,TYES,TYIN,TYNE,YENS,YEST,YETI,YINS,YITE,

3-letter words (47 found)

CEE,CIS,CIT,EEN,ENE,ENS,ESS,EST,EYE,ICE,ICY,INS,ITS,NEE,NET,NIE,NIS,NIT,NYE,NYS,SEC,SEE,SEI,SEN,SET,SEY,SIC,SIN,SIS,SIT,SNY,STY,SYE,SYN,TEC,TEE,TEN,TES,TIC,TIE,TIN,TIS,TYE,YEN,YES,YET,YIN,

2-letter words (14 found)

EE,EN,ES,ET,IN,IS,IT,NE,NY,SI,ST,TE,TI,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 274 words from necessity according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of necessity

necessity

Etymology

From Middle English necessite, from Old French necessite, from Latin necessitās (“unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency, necessity”), from necesse (“unavoidable, inevitable”); see necessary.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɪˈsɛsəti/
  • Hyphenation: ne‧ces‧si‧ty

Noun

necessity (countable and uncountable, plural necessities)

  2. The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
  3. The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack.
    • 1863, Richard Sibbes, The Successful Seeker, in The Complete Works of Richard Sibbes, D.D., Volume VI, James Nichol, page 125,
      For it is in vain for a man to think to seek God in his necessity and exigence, if he seek not God in his ordinances, and do not joy in them.
  4. Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable.
    • 20th century, Tenzin Gyatso (attributed)
      Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
  5. Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power.
  6. The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  7. (law) Greater utilitarian good; used in justification of a criminal act.
  8. (law, in the plural) Indispensable requirements (of life).

Synonyms

  • (state of being necessary): inevitability, needfulness, certainty
  • (requisite): requirement

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "state of being necessary"): impossibility, contingency
  • (antonym(s) of "something indispensable"): luxury

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Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • cysteines

Source: wiktionary.org