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Is sentence a Scrabble word?

Yes, sentence is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of sentence?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.Examples: "The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second."; "A branch that has played a significant part in the history of its territory is under sentence at the end of the summer timetables, so far as its passenger services are concerned."dated

2. (obsolete) A saying, especially from a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm.Examples: "Men (saith an ancient Greek sentence) are tormented by the opinions they have of things, and not by things themselves."; "I am told that she writes well, and that all her letters are full of sentences."obsolete

3. (grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied. In modern writing, when using e.g. the Latin, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets, typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation.Examples: "Near-synonym: clause"; "The children were made to construct sentences consisting of nouns and verbs from the list on the chalkboard."

4. (logic) A formula with no free variables.

5. (computing theory) Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.

6. (obsolete) Sense; meaning; significance.Examples: "Noght o word spak he moore than was neede, / And that was seyd in forme and reverence / And short and quyk and ful of hy sentence […]"; "now to the discourse itself, voluble enough, and full of sentence, but that, for the most part, either specious rather than solid, or to his cause nothing pertinent."; "Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; […]"obsolete

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.Examples: "The judge sentenced the embezzler to ten years in prison, along with a hefty fine."; "Nature herself is sentenced in your doom."; "1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I, The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence."Synonyms: pass sentencetransitive

2. (especially law or poetic) To decree, announce, or pass as a sentence.Examples: "“We are empowered to deliver thee to prison; yea, the law commands us to sentence death upon the abettors of this mischief.[…]""; "So as far as the older generation of German Lutherans were concerned, the abolition of the mother language sentenced death upon the church as they knew it."; "But little did I know, As I cleared away that snow, I'd sentenced death upon that rose, For late that night it simply froze. I'd taken its one chance away, As I stripped it of its quilt that day. I learned a lesson late that night, ..."especiallypoetic

3. (obsolete) To utter sententiously.Examples: "Let me heare one wise man sentence it, rather then twenty Fooles, garrulous in their lengthened tattle."obsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "sentence"?

Scrabble
10 points
S1
E1
N1
T1
E1
N1
C3
E1
Words With Friends
13 points
S1
E1
N2
T1
E1
N2
C4
E1

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