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ALLOWANCES

10 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 20 pts

ALLOWANCES is a valid 10-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 20 in Super Big Boggle.

ALLOWANCES root ALLOWANCE-s

Word family

ALLOWANCE 11 ALLOWANCING 11 ALLOWANCED-d 11

Might be on the same board

Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

ALLOW 2 ALLOWS 3 ALLOWED 5 ALLOWING 11 ALLOWABLE 11 ALLOWABLY 11 ALLOWEDLY 11 ALLOWABLES 11 ALLOWABILITY 11 ALLOWABLENESS 11 ALLOWABILITIES 11 ALLOWABLENESSES 11
noun
  1. countableuncountablePermission; granting, conceding, or admitting.
  2. countableuncountableAcknowledgment.
  3. countableuncountableAn amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
    • her meagre allowance of food or drink
    • Being a volunteer is unpaid, but we get accommodation and a living allowance of 100 euros a week.
  4. countableuncountableSuch a sum or portion granted to a family member or familiar, especially one's own child; pocket money for such a person.
    • She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month.
  5. countableuncountableAbatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.
    • to make allowance for his naivety
  6. countableuncountableA deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.
    • Minus the allowance, the total came to thirteen tons.
  7. countableuncountableA permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
    • On the Flat, an apprentice jockey starts with an allowance of 7 lb.
  8. countableuncountableA permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
  9. countableobsoleteuncountableApproval; approbation.
  10. countableobsoleteuncountableLicense; indulgence.
  11. countableuncountableA planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.
verb
  1. transitiveTo put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).
    • The captain was obliged to allowance his crew.
  2. transitiveTo supply in a fixed and limited quantity.
    • Our provisions were allowanced.