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Is tolerance a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tolerance is a Scrabble US word. The word tolerance is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is tolerance a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tolerance is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is tolerance a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tolerance is a Words With Friends word. The word tolerance is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (2 found)

COETERNAL,TOLERANCE,

8-letter words (5 found)

CAROTENE,CORELATE,ELECTRON,REALTONE,RELOCATE,

7-letter words (24 found)

ACETONE,ALTERNE,CENTARE,CENTRAL,CLEANER,CORNEAE,CORNEAL,CRENATE,CROTALE,ELECTOR,ELECTRO,ENACTOR,ENTERAL,ETERNAL,LACTONE,LATENCE,LECTERN,LOCATER,OCREATE,RECLEAN,REENACT,TELECON,TELERAN,TREACLE,

6-letter words (90 found)

ALERCE,ALTERN,ANTLER,AREOLE,ATONER,CANOER,CANTER,CANTLE,CANTOR,CAREEN,CARLOT,CARNET,CARTEL,CARTON,CENOTE,CENTAL,CENTER,CENTRA,CENTRE,CERATE,CEREAL,CETANE,CLARET,CLONER,COALER,COATEE,COATER,COLTAN,COLTER,CONTRA,CORNEA,CORNEL,CORNET,CRATON,CREANT,CREATE,CRENEL,CREOLE,CRONET,CROTAL,EARCON,ECARTE,ELANCE,ELANET,ELATER,ENCORE,ENLACE,ENRACE,ENTERA,ETALON,LANCER,LANCET,LATEEN,LATRON,LEANER,LEARNT,LECTOR,LENTOR,LOANEE,LOANER,LOCATE,LORATE,NEATER,NECTAR,OCREAE,OCTANE,OLEATE,ORACLE,ORNATE,RANCEL,RATEEN,RECANE,RECANT,RECENT,RECOAL,RECOAT,RECTAL,RELACE,RELATE,RELENT,RELOAN,RENTAL,TANREC,TARCEL,TENACE,TENREC,TERCEL,TERNAL,TOLANE,TRANCE,

5-letter words (122 found)

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4-letter words (143 found)

ACER,ACNE,ACRE,ACRO,AEON,AERO,ALCO,ALEC,ALEE,ALOE,ALTO,ANCE,ANTE,ARCO,ARET,ARLE,ATOC,CALO,CANE,CANT,CARE,CARL,CARN,CART,CATE,CELT,CENT,CERE,CERO,CERT,CETE,CLAN,CLAT,CLON,CLOT,COAL,COAT,COLA,COLE,COLT,CONE,CORE,CORN,COTE,CRAN,CREE,CRON,EALE,EARL,EARN,ELAN,ENOL,EOAN,EORL,ERNE,ETEN,ETNA,LACE,LAER,LANE,LANT,LARE,LARN,LATE,LEAN,LEAR,LEAT,LEER,LEET,LENO,LENT,LERE,LOAN,LOCA,LONE,LORE,LORN,LOTA,LOTE,NARC,NARE,NEAL,NEAR,NEAT,NETE,NOEL,NOLE,NOTA,NOTE,OCTA,OLEA,ONCE,ONER,ORAL,ORCA,ORLE,RACE,RALE,RANT,RATE,RATO,REAL,REAN,REEL,REEN,RENO,RENT,RETE,ROAN,ROLE,RONE,RONT,ROTA,ROTE,ROTL,TACE,TACO,TAEL,TALC,TALE,TANE,TARE,TARN,TARO,TEAL,TEAR,TEEL,TEEN,TEER,TELA,TELE,TENE,TERN,TOEA,TOLA,TOLE,TONE,TORA,TORC,TORE,TORN,TREE,TRON,

3-letter words (79 found)

ACE,ACT,ALE,ALT,ANE,ANT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,CAL,CAN,CAR,CAT,CEE,CEL,COL,CON,COR,COT,EAN,EAR,EAT,ECO,EEL,EEN,ELT,ENE,EON,ERA,ERE,ERN,ETA,LAC,LAR,LAT,LEA,LEE,LET,LOR,LOT,NAE,NAT,NEE,NET,NOR,NOT,OAR,OAT,OCA,OLE,ONE,ORA,ORC,ORE,ORT,RAN,RAT,REC,REE,REN,REO,RET,ROC,ROE,ROT,TAE,TAN,TAO,TAR,TEA,TEC,TEE,TEL,TEN,TOC,TOE,TON,TOR,

2-letter words (23 found)

AE,AL,AN,AR,AT,EA,EE,EL,EN,ER,ET,LA,LO,NA,NE,NO,OE,ON,OR,RE,TA,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 489 words from tolerance according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tolerance

tolerance

Etymology

From Middle French tolerance, from Latin tolerantia (“endurance”), from tolerans, present participle of Latin tolerō (“endure”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈtɔl.ə.ɹəns/

Noun

tolerance (countable and uncountable, plural tolerances)

  1. (uncountable, obsolete) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance. [15th–19th c.]
  2. (uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. [from 18th c.]
  3. (uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism. [from 19th c.]
  4. (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. [from 20th c.]
  5. (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection. [from 20th c.]

Antonyms

  • intolerance

Hyponyms

  • (deviation from a standard) fault tolerance

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Verb

tolerance (third-person singular simple present tolerances, present participle tolerancing, simple past and past participle toleranced)

  1. To design or engineer a material to a specified tolerance.

References

  • tolerance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • coeternal, neorectal

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtolɛrant͡sɛ]

Noun

tolerance f

  1. tolerance (the ability or practice of tolerating)
  2. tolerance (permitted deviation from standard)

Declension

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Further reading

  • tolerance in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • tolerance in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Source: wiktionary.org