Definition of adventitious

"adventitious" in the adjective sense

1. adventitious

associated by chance and not an integral part

"poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson

"they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"

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adventitious in Scrabble®

The word adventitious 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: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters adventitious:

ADVENTITIOUS
(162)
ADVENTITIOUS
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (72 words)

adonise, advents, anodise, astound, attends, attuned, attunes, aunties, avidest, dentist, destain, detains, deviant, devious, dietist, distant, ditties, dittoes, divines, donates, dotiest, doviest, dunites, edition, envious, evasion, indites, inosite, instate, instead, intuits, invades, invited, invites, iodines, iodites, ionised, naivest, natives, notated, outdate, outside, sainted, sinuate, situate, snotted, snouted, stained, station, stative, statued, stinted, student, stunted, tainted, taunted, tautens, tedious, tetanus, teutons, tidiest, tiniest, toasted, tuition, unities, unsated, unsaved, uveitis, vainest, vaunted, visited, vitiate

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word adventitious

ADVENTITIOUS
(162)
ADVENTITIOUS
(162)
ADVENTITIOUS
(108)
ADVENTITIOUS
(108)
ADVENTITIOUS
(72)
ADVENTITIOUS
(72)
ADVENTITIOUS
(72)
ADVENTITIOUS
(72)
ADVENTITIOUS
(68)
ADVENTITIOUS
(68)
ADVENTITIOUS
(64)
ADVENTITIOUS
(64)
ADVENTITIOUS
(64)
ADVENTITIOUS
(64)
ADVENTITIOUS
(63)
ADVENTITIOUS
(57)
ADVENTITIOUS
(52)
ADVENTITIOUS
(42)
ADVENTITIOUS
(40)
ADVENTITIOUS
(40)
ADVENTITIOUS
(40)
ADVENTITIOUS
(38)
ADVENTITIOUS
(36)
ADVENTITIOUS
(36)
ADVENTITIOUS
(28)
ADVENTITIOUS
(24)
ADVENTITIOUS
(22)
ADVENTITIOUS
(22)
ADVENTITIOUS
(22)
ADVENTITIOUS
(21)
ADVENTITIOUS
(20)
ADVENTITIOUS
(19)

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

ADVENTITIOUS
(162)
ADVENTITIOUS
(162)
ADVENTITIOUS
(108)
ADVENTITIOUS
(108)
DEVIOUS
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VAUNTED
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DEVIANT
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DIVINES
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AVIDEST
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INVADES
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VAUNTED
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DOVIEST
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DIVINES
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INVADES
(94 = 44 + 50)
INVITED
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DEVIOUS
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ADVENTS
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UNSAVED
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AVIDEST
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EVASION
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VITIATE
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NATIVES
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NAIVEST
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UVEITIS
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VAINEST
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NAIVEST
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STATIVE
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VITIATE
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VAINEST
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ENVIOUS
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STATIVE
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INVITES
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NATIVES
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EVASION
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UVEITIS
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NAIVEST
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VISITED
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DOVIEST
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INVADES
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VAUNTED
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DEVIOUS
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ADVENTS
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UNSAVED
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DIVINES
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AVIDEST
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DEVIOUS
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DEVIANT
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INVITED
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INVADES
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DOVIEST
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UNSAVED
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adventitious in Words With Friends™

The word adventitious 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: 19

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

ADVENTITIOUS
(225)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (72 words)

adonise, advents, anodise, astound, attends, attuned, attunes, aunties, avidest, dentist, destain, detains, deviant, devious, dietist, distant, ditties, dittoes, divines, donates, dotiest, doviest, dunites, edition, envious, evasion, indites, inosite, instate, instead, intuits, invades, invited, invites, iodines, iodites, ionised, naivest, natives, notated, outdate, outside, sainted, sinuate, situate, snotted, snouted, stained, station, stative, statued, stinted, student, stunted, tainted, taunted, tautens, tedious, tetanus, teutons, tidiest, tiniest, toasted, tuition, unities, unsated, unsaved, uveitis, vainest, vaunted, visited, vitiate

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word adventitious

ADVENTITIOUS
(225)
ADVENTITIOUS
(207)
ADVENTITIOUS
(207)
ADVENTITIOUS
(207)
ADVENTITIOUS
(138)
ADVENTITIOUS
(138)
ADVENTITIOUS
(96)
ADVENTITIOUS
(88)
ADVENTITIOUS
(88)
ADVENTITIOUS
(80)
ADVENTITIOUS
(76)
ADVENTITIOUS
(76)
ADVENTITIOUS
(76)
ADVENTITIOUS
(76)
ADVENTITIOUS
(66)
ADVENTITIOUS
(62)
ADVENTITIOUS
(50)
ADVENTITIOUS
(50)
ADVENTITIOUS
(46)
ADVENTITIOUS
(46)
ADVENTITIOUS
(26)
ADVENTITIOUS
(26)
ADVENTITIOUS
(25)
ADVENTITIOUS
(25)
ADVENTITIOUS
(25)
ADVENTITIOUS
(25)
ADVENTITIOUS
(24)
ADVENTITIOUS
(24)
ADVENTITIOUS
(24)
ADVENTITIOUS
(22)
ADVENTITIOUS
(22)
ADVENTITIOUS
(21)

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

ADVENTITIOUS
(225)
ADVENTITIOUS
(207)
ADVENTITIOUS
(207)
ADVENTITIOUS
(207)
ADVENTITIOUS
(138)
ADVENTITIOUS
(138)
VAUNTED
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UNSAVED
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DIVINES
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DEVIOUS
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DEVIANT
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AVIDEST
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DOVIEST
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INVADES
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STATIVE
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EVASION
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VAINEST
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AVIDEST
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NAIVEST
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VITIATE
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STATIVE
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ADVENTITIOUS
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Words within the letters of adventitious

2 letter words in adventitious (20 words)

10 letter words in adventitious (2 words)

12 letter words in adventitious (1 word)

adventitious + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence adventitious

Words that start with adventitious (2 words)

Words with adventitious in them (1 word)

Words that end with adventitious (1 word)

Word Growth involving adventitious

Shorter words in adventitious

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Longer words containing adventitious

adventitiously