allowance
Allowance can refer to an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period), a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses, or an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances. As a verb, allowance can mean to put on a fixed allowance, as of food.
Length
9
Scrabble
14
WWF
18
Starts
AL
Ends
NCE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ALLOWANCE” Mean?
/əˈlaʊəns/
allowance has 7 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
6 sensesan amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
“travel allowance”
“my weekly allowance of two eggs”
“a child's allowance should not be too generous”
a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
“an allowance for profit”
Synonyms
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
the act of allowing
“He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room”
Verb
1 senseput on a fixed allowance, as of food
Synonyms for ALLOWANCE
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
Length
9 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
A, L, L, O, W, A, N, C, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★ALLOWANCE has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ALLOWANCE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ALLOWANCE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ALLOWANCE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
W
Letter Pattern
ABBCDAEFG
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
AL, LL, LO, OW, WA, AN, NC, CE
Trigrams
ALL, LLO, LOW, OWA, WAN, ANC, NCE
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