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Is patience a Scrabble word?

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

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Is patience a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is patience a Words With Friends word?

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

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8-letter words (1 found)

PATIENCE,

7-letter words (2 found)

PENTICE,PICANTE,

6-letter words (22 found)

ACETIN,ANETIC,APIECE,APNEIC,CATNEP,CATNIP,CENTAI,CETANE,ENATIC,ENTICE,INCEPT,NEPETA,PANTIE,PATINE,PECTEN,PECTIN,PEINCT,PICENE,PIECEN,PINETA,TENACE,TENIAE,

5-letter words (30 found)

ACTIN,AINEE,ANTIC,CTENE,EATEN,ENACT,ENATE,ENIAC,ENTIA,EPACT,ETAPE,INAPT,INEPT,NEPIT,NIECE,PAINT,PANCE,PANIC,PATEN,PATIN,PEACE,PECAN,PENCE,PENIE,PIECE,PIETA,PINTA,TAPEN,TENIA,TINEA,

4-letter words (63 found)

ACNE,AINE,ANCE,ANTE,ANTI,CAIN,CANE,CANT,CAPE,CAPI,CATE,CENT,CEPE,CETE,CINE,CITE,EINA,EINE,EPIC,ETEN,ETIC,ETNA,NAPE,NEAP,NEAT,NEEP,NETE,NICE,NIPA,NITE,PACE,PACT,PAIN,PANE,PANT,PATE,PEAN,PEAT,PEEN,PEIN,PENE,PENI,PENT,PIAN,PICA,PICE,PIET,PINA,PINE,PINT,PITA,TACE,TAIN,TANE,TAPE,TEEN,TEIN,TENE,TEPA,TIAN,TICE,TINA,TINE,

3-letter words (57 found)

ACE,ACT,AIN,AIT,ANE,ANI,ANT,APE,APT,ATE,CAN,CAP,CAT,CEE,CEP,CIT,EAN,EAT,EEN,ENE,ETA,ICE,ITA,NAE,NAP,NAT,NEE,NEP,NET,NIE,NIP,NIT,PAC,PAN,PAT,PEA,PEC,PEE,PEN,PET,PIA,PIC,PIE,PIN,PIT,TAE,TAI,TAN,TAP,TEA,TEC,TEE,TEN,TIC,TIE,TIN,TIP,

2-letter words (18 found)

AE,AI,AN,AT,EA,EE,EN,ET,IN,IT,NA,NE,PA,PE,PI,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 194 words from patience according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of patience

patience

Etymology

From Middle English pacience, from Old French pacience (modern French patience), from Latin patientia (“suffering; endurance, patience”), from patiens, present active participle of patior (“suffer, experience, wait”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”). Displaced native Old English ġeþyld.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɪʃəns/

Noun

patience (usually uncountable, plural patiences)

  1. The quality of being patient.
  2. Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called solitaire in the US and Canada.

Synonyms

  • forbearance
  • restraint
  • thild
  • thole (obsolete, rare, or regional)

Antonyms

  • impatience

Derived terms

Related terms

  • passion
  • passionate
  • passive
  • passivity
  • patient

Descendants

  • Sranan Tongo: pasensi

Translations

Further reading

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

See also

  • clock patience
  • garden patience

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pacience, borrowed from Latin patientia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.sjɑ̃s/

Noun

patience f (plural patiences)

  1. patience
    Antonym: impatience

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Russian: пасья́нс (pasʹjáns, “solitaire (game)”)

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

patience

  1. Alternative form of pacience

Source: wiktionary.org