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Is resilience a Scrabble word?

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

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Is resilience a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is resilience a Words With Friends word?

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

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10-letter words (1 found)

RESILIENCE,

9-letter words (1 found)

RELICENSE,

8-letter words (8 found)

CELERIES,CERESINE,EIRENICS,LICENSEE,LICENSER,RECLINES,SCREENIE,SILENCER,

7-letter words (22 found)

CEILERS,CERESIN,CRENELS,EENSIER,EIRENIC,ESERINE,INLIERS,IRENICS,LICENSE,LIENEES,LIERNES,RECENSE,RECLINE,RELINES,RESILIN,SCRIENE,SEELIER,SELENIC,SERICIN,SILENCE,SINCERE,SIRENIC,

6-letter words (51 found)

CEILER,CEILIS,CENSER,CERISE,CERNES,CLINES,CREELS,CREESE,CRENEL,CRINES,EELIER,ENISLE,ENSILE,ILICES,INCELS,INCISE,INCLES,INISLE,INLIER,IRENIC,LIENEE,LIERNE,LINERS,LINIER,NEELES,NELIES,NEREIS,NIECES,NIRLIE,RELICS,RELIES,RELINE,RENIES,RESEEN,RESILE,RICINS,SCERNE,SCLERE,SCREEN,SCRINE,SECERN,SEELIE,SEINER,SENILE,SEREIN,SERENE,SERINE,SIECLE,SILENE,SILENI,SLICER,

5-letter words (72 found)

CEILI,CEILS,CENSE,CERES,CERNE,CIELS,CINES,CIRES,CIRLS,CLIES,CLINE,CREEL,CREES,CRIES,CRINE,CRISE,EERIE,EISEL,ELSIN,ERICS,ERNES,ESILE,ICERS,ICIER,INCEL,INCLE,LEERS,LEESE,LEIRS,LENES,LENIS,LENSE,LERES,LIENS,LIERS,LINER,LINES,NEELE,NEESE,NELIS,NICER,NIECE,NIRLS,NISEI,REELS,REENS,REINS,RELIC,RELIE,RESEE,RESIN,RICES,RICIN,RIELS,RILES,RINES,RINSE,RISEN,SCENE,SCREE,SEINE,SERIC,SERIN,SILEN,SILER,SINCE,SIREE,SIREN,SLEER,SLICE,SLIER,SNEER,

4-letter words (73 found)

CEES,CEIL,CELS,CENS,CERE,CIEL,CINE,CIRE,CIRL,CREE,CRIS,EELS,EINE,ELSE,ENES,ERES,ERIC,ERNE,ERNS,ESNE,ICER,ICES,IRES,IRIS,ISLE,LEER,LEES,LEIR,LEIS,LENS,LERE,LICE,LIEN,LIER,LIES,LINE,LINS,LIRE,LIRI,NICE,NIES,NILS,NIRL,NISI,RECS,REEL,REEN,REES,REIN,REIS,RENS,RICE,RIEL,RILE,RINE,RINS,RISE,SEEL,SEEN,SEER,SEIL,SEIR,SELE,SENE,SERE,SICE,SIEN,SILE,SINE,SIRE,SIRI,SLEE,SNEE,

3-letter words (40 found)

CEE,CEL,CIS,EEL,EEN,ELS,ENE,ENS,ERE,ERN,ERS,ICE,INS,IRE,LEE,LEI,LES,LIE,LIN,LIS,NEE,NIE,NIL,NIS,REC,REE,REI,REN,RES,RIN,SEC,SEE,SEI,SEL,SEN,SER,SIC,SIN,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (11 found)

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

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 280 words from resilience according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of resilience

resilience

Etymology

From resilio +‎ -ence, from Latin resiliō (“to spring back”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/

Noun

resilience (countable and uncountable, plural resiliences)

  1. (psychology, neuroscience) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.
  2. (physics) The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.
  3. The positive capacity of an organizational system or company to adapt and return to equilibrium after a crisis, failure or any kind of disruption, including: an outage, natural disasters, man-made disasters, terrorism, or similar (particularly IT systems, archives).
    Antonyms: fragility, brittleness
    Coordinate terms: adaptability, adaptiveness, antifragility, flexibility
  4. (literal or figurative) The capacity to resist destruction or defeat, especially when under extreme pressure.
    Antonyms: fragility, brittleness
    Coordinate terms: antifragility, toughness

Derived terms

  • rebound resilience

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Further reading

  • resilience on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org