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Is nescience a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nescience is a Scrabble US word. The word nescience is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is nescience a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nescience is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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

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9-letter words (1 found)

NESCIENCE,

7-letter words (2 found)

INCENSE,SCIENCE,

6-letter words (3 found)

ECESIC,NIECES,SCENIC,

5-letter words (9 found)

CENSE,CINES,NEESE,NENES,NIECE,NINES,SCENE,SEINE,SINCE,

4-letter words (19 found)

CEES,CENS,CINE,ECCE,EINE,ENES,ESNE,ICES,INNS,NENE,NICE,NIES,NINE,SEEN,SENE,SICE,SIEN,SINE,SNEE,

3-letter words (17 found)

CEE,CIS,EEN,ENE,ENS,ICE,INN,INS,NEE,NIE,NIS,SEC,SEE,SEI,SEN,SIC,SIN,

2-letter words (7 found)

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

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 59 words from nescience according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nescience

nescience

Etymology

From Latin nescientia, from the present participle of nescire.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɛsɪəns/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɛʃəns/

Noun

nescience (countable and uncountable, plural nesciences)

  1. The absence of knowledge, especially of orthodox beliefs.
  2. (philosophy) The doctrine that nothing is actually knowable.

Related terms

  • nescient

Translations

Further reading

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “nescience”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛ.sjɑ̃s/, /ne.sjɑ̃s/

Noun

nescience f (plural nesciences)

  1. nescience

Further reading

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

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