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discordant

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Is discordant a Scrabble word?

Yes, discordant is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 14 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of discordant?

Definition

adj (English)

1. Not in accord or harmony; conflicting, incompatible.Examples: "[N]o other kind of liuing beaſtes both behold the fayrenes and the bewtie of the wordle^([sic – meaning worlde]), or is moued with anny reſpect of ſauours, but only for the diuerſity of meates, nother perceaueth the concordaunt and diſcordante diſtaunces of ſoundes, and tunes […]"; "But hovv fatally ſecure ſhould vve be, if God ſhould permit this Syren alvvaies to entertain us vvith her muſic, and ſhould not by ſome diſcordant grating notes, interrupt our raptures, and recal us to ſober thoughts?"; "VVar, vvith diſcordant Notes and jarring Noiſe, / The Harmony of Peace deſtroys."Synonyms: absonant, absonous, at variance, disconsonant, discordable, inaccordant, inconcinnous, incongruentAntonyms: accordant, concordant, consonant, nondiscordant, undiscordant, accordant, concordant, nondiscordantalsofiguratively

2. (geology, physical geography, originally US) Of a rock formation or other land feature, or its alignment: cutting across or transverse to neighbouring features.Examples: "Dikes may be discordant to country rock if they intrude at a high angle to the bedding."Antonyms: concordantphysical

3. (geology, physical geography, originally US) Of a rock formation or other land feature, or its alignment: cutting across or transverse to neighbouring features.Antonyms: concordantphysical

4. (chiefly genetics) Of two similar subjects, especially twins: differing in some characteristic.

5. (healthcare) Ellipsis of serodiscordant (“of a couple: with one partner HIV positive and the other HIV negative”).abbreviationalt-ofellipsis

6. (mathematics, statistics) Of figures, etc.: having opposite signs (for example, positive and negative).Antonyms: concordant

noun (English)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A thing which is not in accord or harmony with one or more other things.Examples: "In the process of dismemberment it must often happen that the true individuality of a soil is lost, so that schemes of laboratory classification sometimes arbitrarily separate agricultural similars and unite agricultural discordants."in-plural

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "discordant"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "discordant"?

Scrabble
14 points
D2
I1
S1
C3
O1
R1
D2
A1
N1
T1
Words With Friends
16 points
D2
I1
S1
C4
O1
R1
D2
A1
N2
T1

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