Definition of dissonance

"dissonance" in the noun sense

1. disagreement, dissension, dissonance

a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

2. noise, dissonance, racket

the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience

"modern music is just noise to me"

3. dissonance

disagreeable sounds

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dissonance in Scrabble®

The word dissonance 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: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters dissonance:

DISSONANCE
(126)
DISSONANCE
(126)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (19 words)

acnodes, adonise, anodise, ascends, caisson, candies, canines, caseins, casinos, cession, cosines, deacons, discase, incased, nonacid, noseans, scanned, seconds, siennas

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word dissonance

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

DISSONANCE
(126)
DISSONANCE
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(84)
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dissonance in Words With Friends™

The word dissonance 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: 16

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

DISSONANCE
(198)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (19 words)

acnodes, adonise, anodise, ascends, caisson, candies, canines, caseins, casinos, cession, cosines, deacons, discase, incased, nonacid, noseans, scanned, seconds, siennas

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word dissonance

DISSONANCE
(198)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In dissonance

DISSONANCE
(198)
DISSONANCE
(180)
NONACID
(110 = 75 + 35)
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(108)
DISSONANCE
(108)
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