Definition of adjustment

"adjustment" in the noun sense

1. adjustment, accommodation, fitting

making or becoming suitable adjusting to circumstances

2. alteration, modification, adjustment

the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

3. adjustment, registration, readjustment

the act of adjusting something to match a standard

4. adaptation, adaption, adjustment

the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

5. allowance, adjustment

an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

"an allowance for profit"

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Quotations for adjustment

Elocution is the adjustment of apt words and sentiments to the subject in debate. [ Cicero ]

Truth, in the great practical concerns of life, is so much a question of the reconciling and combining of opposites, that very few have minds sufficiently capacious and impartial to make the adjustment with an approach to correctness. [ J. S. Mill ]

adjustment in Scrabble®

The word adjustment is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 20

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters adjustment:

ADJUSTMENT
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (23 words)

adjutes, attends, attuned, attunes, dustman, dustmen, jaunted, mutants, mutated, mutates, nutmeat, smutted, statued, student, stunted, tandems, taunted, tautens, tetanus, unmated, unmates, unsated, untamed

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word adjustment

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In adjustment

ADJUSTMENT
(207)
ADJUSTMENT
(189)
ADJUSTMENT
(138)
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(126)
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(119 = 69 + 50)
JAUNTED
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adjustment in Words With Friends™

The word adjustment is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 25

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters adjustment:

ADJUSTMENT
(315)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (23 words)

adjutes, attends, attuned, attunes, dustman, dustmen, jaunted, mutants, mutated, mutates, nutmeat, smutted, statued, student, stunted, tandems, taunted, tautens, tetanus, unmated, unmates, unsated, untamed

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word adjustment

ADJUSTMENT
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In adjustment

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(315)
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(279)
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(198)
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(174)
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(164 = 129 + 35)
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(155 = 120 + 35)
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(152 = 117 + 35)
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(141)
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(140)
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(132)
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(123)
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(123)
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(120)
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(117)
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(117)
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(113 = 78 + 35)
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(111)
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