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Is EXTENUATION a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list EXTENUATION is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

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What does EXTENUATION mean?

  1. nouna partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
  2. nounto act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious

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Words inside EXTENUATION

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Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

Look up EXTENUATION in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Collins or Dictionary.com. Check it for Scrabble at Merriam-Webster Scrabble.

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Is EXTENUATION a Scrabble word?

EXTENUATION is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is EXTENUATION worth?

EXTENUATION is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does EXTENUATION mean?

A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances.