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Is specificity a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word specificity is a Scrabble US word. The word specificity is worth 23 points in Scrabble:

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Is specificity a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word specificity is a Scrabble UK word and has 23 points:

S1P3E1C3I1F4I1C3I1T1Y4

Is specificity a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word specificity is a Words With Friends word. The word specificity is worth 25 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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11-letter words (1 found)

SPECIFICITY,

8-letter words (4 found)

CITIFIES,CITYFIES,SPECIFIC,TYPIFIES,

7-letter words (7 found)

CECITIS,EPICIST,PICCIES,SCEPTIC,SICCITY,SPECIFY,TIPSIFY,

6-letter words (16 found)

CECITY,CISTIC,CITIES,CITIFY,CYSTIC,CYTISI,ETYPIC,FEISTY,FISTIC,ICIEST,PECTIC,PITIES,SEPTIC,SPECCY,SPICEY,YITIES,

5-letter words (35 found)

CESTI,CITES,CYTES,EPICS,ETICS,FECIT,FEIST,FESTY,FICES,FIEST,FISTY,FYCES,ICTIC,PESTY,PICCY,PIETS,PIETY,PISTE,PYETS,SEITY,SEPIC,SPECT,SPICE,SPICY,SPITE,STIPE,TICES,TIPIS,TIPSY,TYPES,TYPIC,YETIS,YIPES,YITES,YITIE,

4-letter words (70 found)

CEPS,CIST,CITE,CITS,CITY,CYST,CYTE,EFTS,EPIC,ESPY,ETIC,FEIS,FEST,FETS,FEYS,FICE,FISC,FIST,FITS,FYCE,ICES,ISIT,PECS,PEST,PETS,PICE,PICS,PIES,PIET,PISE,PITS,PITY,PYES,PYET,PYIC,SCYE,SECT,SEIF,SEPT,SICE,SIFT,SIPE,SITE,SPEC,SPET,SPIC,SPIE,SPIF,SPIT,STEP,STEY,STIE,STYE,SYCE,SYPE,TECS,TEFS,TICE,TICS,TIES,TIPI,TIPS,TYES,TYPE,YEPS,YEST,YETI,YIPE,YIPS,YITE,

3-letter words (48 found)

CEP,CIS,CIT,EFS,EFT,EST,FES,FET,FEY,FIE,FIT,ICE,ICY,IFS,ITS,PEC,PES,PET,PIC,PIE,PIS,PIT,PSI,PST,PYE,SEC,SEI,SET,SEY,SIC,SIF,SIP,SIT,SPY,STY,SYE,TEC,TEF,TES,TIC,TIE,TIP,TIS,TYE,YEP,YES,YET,YIP,

2-letter words (15 found)

EF,ES,ET,FE,FY,IF,IS,IT,PE,PI,SI,ST,TE,TI,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 197 words from specificity according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of specificity

specificity

Etymology

From French spécificité.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /spɛsɪˈfɪsɪti/

Noun

specificity (plural specificities)

  1. The state of being specific rather than general.
  2. The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus:
    1. (statistics) The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
      Coordinate term: sensitivity
    2. (medicine) The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for, or a symptom or sign is specific to, a given condition.

Synonyms

  • specificness (much less common)

Antonyms

  • nonspecificity
  • genericity

Coordinate terms

  • (statistics, binary probability): sensitivity

Derived terms

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Further reading

  • “specificity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “specificity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org