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Allowances

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About 4 syllables

noun · verb · 10 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of allowance

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does allowances mean?

noun

  1. an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)

    “travel allowance”

  2. a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses

  3. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

    “an allowance for profit”

    Synonymsadjustment

  4. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

    Synonymsleewaymargintolerance

  5. a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets

    Synonymsvaluation reservevaluation accountallowance account

  6. the act of allowing

    “He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room”

verb

  1. put on a fixed allowance, as of food

Definitions shown for allowance, the base form of allowances.

Is ALLOWANCES a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is ALLOWANCES worth?

Scrabble

15 pts
a 1l 1l 1o 1w 4a 1n 1c 3e 1s 1

Words With Friends

19 pts
a 1l 2l 2o 1w 4a 1n 2c 4e 1s 1

Wordfeud

16 pts
a 1l 1l 1o 1w 4a 1n 1c 4e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

18 pts
a 1l 2l 2o 1w 5a 1n 1c 3e 1s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in ALLOWANCES

Words that end like ALLOWANCES

Common words that share the ending -ANCES, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

circumstancesappearancesperformancesabundancesambulancesannoyancesassurancesimbalancesinsurancesordinancesresonancesseverancestolerancesutterancesacceptancesattendancesconveyancesdissonancesobservancesremittancesresistancescountenancesdisturbancesencumbrances
All words ending in -ANCES

Allowances: quick answers

Is ALLOWANCES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. ALLOWANCES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 15 points before board bonuses.
How many points is ALLOWANCES worth?
ALLOWANCES scores 15 points in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends, 16 in Wordfeud and 18 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does allowances mean?
allowances is the plural and third-person singular form of allowance, which means “an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)”. It has 7 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in ALLOWANCES?
You can make 404 shorter words from ALLOWANCES, such as ALLOWANCE, COLESLAW, CALLOWS, CALLOW. See the full list.