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Definition of embellishment

"embellishment" in the noun sense

1. embellishment, embroidery

elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail

"the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"

2. embellishment

a superfluous ornament

3. ornamentation, embellishment

the act of adding extraneous decorations to something

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Quotations for embellishment

Uncommon expressions are a disfigurement rather than an embellishment of discourse. [ Hume ]

It is a great mortification to the vanity of man that his utmost art and industry can never equal the meanest of Nature's productions, either for beauty or value. Art is only the underworkman, and is employed to give a few strokes of embellishment to those pieces which come from the hand of the master. [ Hume ]

Association is the delight of the heart not less than of poetry. Alison observes that an autumn sunset, with its crimson clouds, glimmering trunks of trees, and wavering tints upon the grass, seems scarcely capable of embellishment. But if in this calm and beautiful glow the chime of a distant bell steal over the fields, the bosom heaves with the sensation that Dante so tenderly describes. [ Willmott ]

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embellishment in Scrabble®

The word embellishment 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: 22

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters embellishment:

EMBELLISHMENT

(252)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (25 words)

beeline, beetles, bellies, bellmen, beslime, betimes, billets, billmen, blemish, element, emblems, enemies, ethenes, helmets, hemline, immense, lenites, lentils, lintels, millets, mistell, steelie, tellies, tensile, thimble

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word embellishment

EMBELLISHMENT

(252)

EMBELLISHMENT

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EMBELLISHMENT

(144)

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(128)

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(92)

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EMBELLISHMENT

(78)

EMBELLISHMENT

(60)

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(52)

EMBELLISHMENT

(36)

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(36)

EMBELLISHMENT

(31)

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(26)

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EMBELLISHMENT

(252)

EMBELLISHMENT

(216)

EMBELLISHMENT

(168)

EMBELLISHMENT

(144)

EMBELLISHMENT

(128)

EMBELLISHMENT

(108)

BLEMISH

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THIMBLE

(106 = 56 + 50)

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(104 = 54 + 50)

BLEMISH

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THIMBLE

(101 = 51 + 50)

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HEMLINE

(98 = 48 + 50)

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HELMETS

(98 = 48 + 50)

HEMLINE

(98 = 48 + 50)

EMBLEMS

(98 = 48 + 50)

EMBLEMS

(98 = 48 + 50)

EMBELLISHMENT

(96)

EMBELLISHMENT

(96)

EMBELLISHMENT

(96)

EMBELLISHMENT

(96)

THIMBLE

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BLEMISH

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BLEMISH

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BLEMISH

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HEMLINE

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THIMBLE

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THIMBLE

(95 = 45 + 50)

THIMBLE

(95 = 45 + 50)

BETIMES

(94 = 44 + 50)

BELLMEN

(94 = 44 + 50)

THIMBLE

(94 = 44 + 50)

BESLIME

(94 = 44 + 50)

IMMENSE

(94 = 44 + 50)

BILLMEN

(94 = 44 + 50)

EMBLEMS

(92 = 42 + 50)

EMBLEMS

(92 = 42 + 50)

BELLMEN

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EMBLEMS

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BETIMES

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EMBLEMS

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EMBLEMS

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THIMBLE

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IMMENSE

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IMMENSE

(92 = 42 + 50)

EMBELLISHMENT

(92)

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BESLIME

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BLEMISH

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BESLIME

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BILLMEN

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BILLMEN

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ETHENES

(92 = 42 + 50)

THIMBLE

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HELMETS

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HEMLINE

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HEMLINE

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HEMLINE

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EMBLEMS

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HEMLINE

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EMBLEMS

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EMBLEMS

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EMBELLISHMENT

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EMBELLISHMENT

(88)

EMBELLISHMENT

(88)

IMMENSE

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BESLIME

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BETIMES

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BESLIME

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BESLIME

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BEELINE

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HELMETS

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BLEMISH

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ETHENES

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BLEMISH

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BILLETS

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ENEMIES

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BEETLES

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BILLETS

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BILLETS

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BETIMES

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MILLETS

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ETHENES

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BELLIES

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BILLETS

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MISTELL

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BILLETS

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MILLETS

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MILLETS

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MISTELL

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embellishment in Words With Friends™

The word embellishment 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: 27

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

EMBELLISHMENT

(315)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (25 words)

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word embellishment

EMBELLISHMENT

(315)

EMBELLISHMENT

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EMBELLISHMENT

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EMBELLISHMENT

(258)

EMBELLISHMENT

(198)

EMBELLISHMENT

(148)

EMBELLISHMENT

(132)

EMBELLISHMENT

(128)

EMBELLISHMENT

(116)

EMBELLISHMENT

(108)

EMBELLISHMENT

(108)

EMBELLISHMENT

(108)

EMBELLISHMENT

(78)

EMBELLISHMENT

(74)

EMBELLISHMENT

(62)

EMBELLISHMENT

(36)

EMBELLISHMENT

(36)

EMBELLISHMENT

(36)

EMBELLISHMENT

(36)

EMBELLISHMENT

(34)

EMBELLISHMENT

(34)

EMBELLISHMENT

(32)

EMBELLISHMENT

(32)

EMBELLISHMENT

(32)

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EMBELLISHMENT

(315)

EMBELLISHMENT

(297)

EMBELLISHMENT

(297)

EMBELLISHMENT

(258)

EMBELLISHMENT

(198)

EMBELLISHMENT

(148)

EMBELLISHMENT

(132)

EMBELLISHMENT

(128)

THIMBLE

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EMBLEMS

(122 = 87 + 35)

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BELLMEN

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HEMLINE

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BILLMEN

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BLEMISH

(119 = 84 + 35)

BELLMEN

(119 = 84 + 35)

THIMBLE

(119 = 84 + 35)

EMBLEMS

(116 = 81 + 35)

EMBELLISHMENT

(116)

BLEMISH

(113 = 78 + 35)

BESLIME

(113 = 78 + 35)

THIMBLE

(113 = 78 + 35)

BLEMISH

(113 = 78 + 35)

EMBLEMS

(110 = 75 + 35)

EMBLEMS

(110 = 75 + 35)

EMBELLISHMENT

(108)

EMBELLISHMENT

(108)

EMBELLISHMENT

(108)

THIMBLE

(107 = 72 + 35)

ELEMENT

(107 = 72 + 35)

BLEMISH

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IMMENSE

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ELEMENT

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MILLETS

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BLEMISH

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BELLIES

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BLEMISH

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BILLETS

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THIMBLE

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HELMETS

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BEELINE

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THIMBLE

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BEETLES

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BETIMES

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ENEMIES

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MISTELL

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BEELINE

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THIMBLE

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HEMLINE

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ELEMENT

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HEMLINE

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BESLIME

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MISTELL

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THIMBLE

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HEMLINE

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ETHENES

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BLEMISH

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BESLIME

(89 = 54 + 35)

HEMLINE

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BEELINE

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LENTILS

(89 = 54 + 35)

MISTELL

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HEMLINE

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MILLETS

(89 = 54 + 35)

BESLIME

(89 = 54 + 35)

BESLIME

(89 = 54 + 35)

THIMBLE

(89 = 54 + 35)

LINTELS

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BELLIES

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HELMETS

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BETIMES

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HELMETS

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BETIMES

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HELMETS

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BETIMES

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HELMETS

(86 = 51 + 35)

LENITES

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BEETLES

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BETIMES

(86 = 51 + 35)

EMBLEMS

(85 = 50 + 35)

EMBLEMS

(85 = 50 + 35)

EMBLEMS

(85 = 50 + 35)

EMBLEM

(84)

ETHENES

(83 = 48 + 35)

HEMLINE

(83 = 48 + 35)

BELLMEN

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LENTILS

(83 = 48 + 35)

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BESLIME

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MILLETS

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BELLIES

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HEMLINE

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LINTELS

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IMMENSE

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BEELINE

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ELEMENT

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BILLMEN

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ELEMENT

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BILLETS

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ELEMENT

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MISTELL

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BILLETS

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Words within the letters of embellishment

2 letter words in embellishment (12 words)

be eh el em en he hi in is it me mi

3 letter words in embellishment (45 words)

bee ben bet bin bit eel ell elm els ems ens hem hen hes het him his hit ill ins ism its lee let lie lit mem men met mil net nib nil nit see set she sim sin sit tee ten the tie tin

4 letter words in embellishment (99 words)

5 letter words in embellishment (77 words)

6 letter words in embellishment (34 words)

7 letter words in embellishment (25 words)

beeline beetles bellies bellmen beslime betimes billets billmen blemish element emblems enemies ethenes helmets hemline immense lenites lentils lintels millets mistell steelie tellies tensile thimble

8 letter words in embellishment (16 words)

beelines beltline billetee elements enlistee ensemble hellbent helmsmen hemlines nimblest selenite shlemiel steelmen stilbene tensible thimbles

9 letter words in embellishment (6 words)

beltlines billetees embellish hellenise hellenism hellenist

13 letter words in embellishment (1 word)

embellishment

embellishment + 1 blank (1 word)

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Words containing the sequence embellishment

Words that start with embellishment (2 words)

embellishment embellishments

Words with embellishment in them (2 words)

embellishment overembellishments

Words that end with embellishment (2 words)

embellishment overembellishment

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Word Growth involving embellishment

Shorter words in embellishment

be bell embellish

el ell bell embellish

el ell ellis embellish

is ellis embellish

em embellish

en men

me men

Longer words containing embellishment

embellishments overembellishments

overembellishment overembellishments