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Is vengeance a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word vengeance is a Scrabble US word. The word vengeance is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is vengeance a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word vengeance is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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Is vengeance a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word vengeance is a Words With Friends word. The word vengeance is worth 20 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

VENGEANCE,

6-letter words (7 found)

AVENGE,EGENCE,ENCAGE,ENCAVE,ENNAGE,GENEVA,VENENE,

5-letter words (9 found)

AGENE,EEVEN,GANEV,NAEVE,NANCE,VEENA,VEGAN,VENAE,VENGE,

4-letter words (27 found)

ACNE,AGEE,AGEN,ANCE,CAGE,CANE,CANG,CANN,CAVE,EAVE,EEVN,EVEN,GAEN,GANE,GAVE,GEAN,GENA,GENE,NANE,NANG,NAVE,NENE,NEVE,VANE,VANG,VEGA,VENA,

3-letter words (29 found)

ACE,AGE,ANE,ANN,AVE,CAG,CAN,CEE,EAN,EEN,ENE,ENG,EVE,GAE,GAN,GEE,GEN,NAE,NAG,NAN,NAV,NEE,NEG,VAC,VAE,VAG,VAN,VEE,VEG,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AG,AN,EA,EE,EN,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 82 words from vengeance according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of vengeance

vengeance

Alternative forms

  • vengeaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman vengeaunce, from Old French vengeance, venjance, from vengier (“to avenge”). Analysable as venge +‎ -ance.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛnˌd͡ʒəns/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnd͡ʒəns

Noun

vengeance (countable and uncountable, plural vengeances)

  1. Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.
    • 2000, Gladiator (film):
      My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North; General of the Felix Legions; loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius; father to a murdered son; husband to a murdered wife; and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
  2. Desire for revenge.

Synonyms

  • reprisal
  • retaliation
  • retribution
  • revenge
  • wreak
  • See also Thesaurus:revenge

Antonyms

  • reconciliation

Derived terms

Related terms

  • venge
  • venger
  • vengeful

Translations

French

Etymology

From venger +‎ -ance.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
  • Homophone: vengeances
  • Hyphenation: ven‧geance

Noun

vengeance f (plural vengeances)

  1. revenge, vengeance

Derived terms

  • la vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid

Further reading

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

Old French

Noun

vengeance oblique singular, f (oblique plural vengeances, nominative singular vengeance, nominative plural vengeances)

  1. Alternative form of venjance

Source: wiktionary.org