What does ALLOWANCE mean?

Pronunciation
/əˈlaʊəns/
Letters
9
Scrabble score
14
Words With Friends score
18
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

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”
  4. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
  5. a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
  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 from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

allowanced16allowances15allowancing17

Anagrams of ALLOWANCE

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside ALLOWANCE

127 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

allow8 alone5 clean7 local7 ocean7 call6 cell6 coal6 lane4 loan4 once6 wall7 well7 all3 can5 law6 low6 new6 now6 one3 own6 won6 al2an2el2 en2 la2 no2 on2 we5

See every word in the unscrambler →

Word lists

Questions

Is ALLOWANCE a valid word in word games?

ALLOWANCE is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is ALLOWANCE worth?

ALLOWANCE is worth 14 points with Scrabble letter values and 18 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from ALLOWANCE?

127 other words, including ON, WE, AN and ALL.