Definition of extravagance

"extravagance" in the noun sense

1. extravagance, extravagancy

the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth

"we were surprised by the extravagance of his description"

2. extravagance, prodigality, profligacy

the trait of spending extravagantly

3. extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life

excessive spending

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

Princeton University "About WordNet®."
WordNet®. Princeton University. 2010.


View WordNet® License

Quotations for extravagance

Extravagance is its own destroyer. [ Zeno ]

Extravagance is the rich man's pitfall. [ Tupper ]

Wisdom seldom consorts with extravagance. [ Mendemus ]

The man who builds, and wants wherewith to pay,
Provides a home from which to run away. [ Young ]

Expense of time is the most costly of all expenses. [ Theophrastus ]

There is hope in extravagance, there la none in routine. [ Emerson ]

Dreading that climax of all human ills, The inflammation of his wreekly bills. [ Byron ]

If extravagance were a fault, it would not have a place in the festivals of the gods. [ Aristippus ]

The world abhors closeness, and all but admires extravagance; yet a slack hand shows weakness, a tight hand strength. [ Charles Buxton ]

The finest lives, in my opinion, are those who rank in the common model and with the human race, but without miracle, without extravagance. [ Montaigne ]

When all moves equally (says Pascal), nothing seems to move, as in a vessel under sail; and when all run by common consent into vice, none appear to do so. He that stops first, views as from a fixed point the horrible extravagance that transports the rest. [ Colton ]

Errors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled with them; it is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation; from pure extravagance, and genuine, unmingled falsehood, the world never has, and never can sustain any mischief. [ Sydney Smith ]

extravagance in Scrabble®

The word extravagance 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: 25

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters extravagance:

EXTRAVAGANCE
(243)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(243)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (18 words)

acerate, acreage, avenger, average, caravan, carnage, cartage, engrave, exacter, excreta, grantee, greaten, reagent, reenact, tanager, vagrant, vantage, veteran

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word extravagance

EXTRAVAGANCE
(243)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(243)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(162)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(162)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(124)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(116)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(112)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(108)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(108)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(104)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(102)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(100)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(100)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(100)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(100)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(87)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(70)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(68)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(62)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(60)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(58)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(58)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(58)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(54)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(51)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(40)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(35)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(33)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(31)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(31)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(31)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(28)

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

EXTRAVAGANCE
(243)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(243)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(162)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(162)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(124)
EXACTER
(122 = 72 + 50)
EXCRETA
(122 = 72 + 50)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(116)
EXCRETA
(114 = 64 + 50)
EXACTER
(114 = 64 + 50)
EXACTER
(114 = 64 + 50)
EXCRETA
(114 = 64 + 50)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(112)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(108)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(108)
EXACTER
(107 = 57 + 50)
EXCRETA
(107 = 57 + 50)
EXACTER
(107 = 57 + 50)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(104)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(102)
EXCRETA
(101 = 51 + 50)
EXCRETA
(101 = 51 + 50)
EXACTER
(101 = 51 + 50)
EXACTER
(101 = 51 + 50)
EXACTER
(101 = 51 + 50)
EXCRETA
(101 = 51 + 50)
EXACTER
(101 = 51 + 50)
EXACTER
(101 = 51 + 50)
EXCRETA
(101 = 51 + 50)
EXCRETA
(101 = 51 + 50)
EXCRETA
(101 = 51 + 50)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(100)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(100)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(100)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(100)
CARAVAN
(98 = 48 + 50)
EXCRETA
(98 = 48 + 50)
EXACTER
(98 = 48 + 50)
EXACTER
(98 = 48 + 50)
EXCRETA
(98 = 48 + 50)
CARAVAN
(98 = 48 + 50)
AVENGER
(95 = 45 + 50)
AVERAGE
(95 = 45 + 50)
ENGRAVE
(95 = 45 + 50)
VANTAGE
(95 = 45 + 50)
CARAVAN
(95 = 45 + 50)
VAGRANT
(95 = 45 + 50)
AVERAGE
(94 = 44 + 50)
VANTAGE
(94 = 44 + 50)
AVENGER
(94 = 44 + 50)
EXCRETA
(94 = 44 + 50)
VAGRANT
(94 = 44 + 50)
ENGRAVE
(94 = 44 + 50)
VETERAN
(92 = 42 + 50)
CARTAGE
(90 = 40 + 50)
CARAVAN
(90 = 40 + 50)
EXCRETA
(90 = 40 + 50)
CARNAGE
(90 = 40 + 50)
ACREAGE
(90 = 40 + 50)
VETERAN
(90 = 40 + 50)
CARAVAN
(89 = 39 + 50)
AVERAGE
(89 = 39 + 50)
ACREAGE
(89 = 39 + 50)
ENGRAVE
(89 = 39 + 50)
CARTAGE
(89 = 39 + 50)
VAGRANT
(89 = 39 + 50)
CARNAGE
(89 = 39 + 50)
CARAVAN
(89 = 39 + 50)
CARAVAN
(89 = 39 + 50)
CARAVAN
(89 = 39 + 50)
CARAVAN
(89 = 39 + 50)
VANTAGE
(89 = 39 + 50)
CARAVAN
(89 = 39 + 50)
AVENGER
(89 = 39 + 50)
ENGRAVE
(88 = 38 + 50)
EXCRETA
(88 = 38 + 50)
AVERAGE
(88 = 38 + 50)
AVENGER
(88 = 38 + 50)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(87)
VAGRANT
(86 = 36 + 50)
VAGRANT
(86 = 36 + 50)
AVERAGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
EXACTER
(86 = 36 + 50)
AVENGER
(86 = 36 + 50)
VANTAGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARAVAN
(86 = 36 + 50)
REENACT
(86 = 36 + 50)
REENACT
(86 = 36 + 50)
AVERAGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
VANTAGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
AVENGER
(86 = 36 + 50)
AVERAGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
VAGRANT
(86 = 36 + 50)
VAGRANT
(86 = 36 + 50)
AVERAGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
EXCRETA
(86 = 36 + 50)
EXACTER
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARNAGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
EXACTER
(86 = 36 + 50)
VAGRANT
(86 = 36 + 50)
ACERATE
(86 = 36 + 50)
VAGRANT
(86 = 36 + 50)
EXACTER
(86 = 36 + 50)
AVENGER
(86 = 36 + 50)
ACERATE
(86 = 36 + 50)
EXACTER
(86 = 36 + 50)
EXCRETA
(86 = 36 + 50)
AVENGER
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARTAGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
VANTAGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
EXCRETA
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENGRAVE
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENGRAVE
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENGRAVE
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENGRAVE
(86 = 36 + 50)
AVERAGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENGRAVE
(86 = 36 + 50)
AVENGER
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENGRAVE
(86 = 36 + 50)
ACREAGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
AVENGER
(86 = 36 + 50)
VANTAGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
AVERAGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
VANTAGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
VANTAGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
EXCRETA
(84 = 34 + 50)
EXCRETA
(84 = 34 + 50)
EXACTER
(84 = 34 + 50)
EXCRETA
(84 = 34 + 50)
EXACTER
(84 = 34 + 50)
VAGRANT
(84 = 34 + 50)
CARAVAN
(84 = 34 + 50)
EXACTER
(84 = 34 + 50)
EXACTER
(84 = 34 + 50)
EXACTER
(84 = 34 + 50)
EXACTER
(84 = 34 + 50)
EXCRETA
(84 = 34 + 50)
EXCRETA
(84 = 34 + 50)
EXCRETA
(84 = 34 + 50)
EXACTER
(84 = 34 + 50)
EXCRETA
(84 = 34 + 50)
EXACTER
(84 = 34 + 50)
ACREAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
ACREAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARNAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARNAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARNAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARNAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
ACREAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
VETERAN
(83 = 33 + 50)
VAGRANT
(83 = 33 + 50)
AVENGER
(83 = 33 + 50)
ACREAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARNAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
ACREAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
ENGRAVE
(83 = 33 + 50)
ACREAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARNAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
VETERAN
(83 = 33 + 50)
VETERAN
(83 = 33 + 50)
VETERAN
(83 = 33 + 50)
VANTAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
VETERAN
(83 = 33 + 50)
AVERAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
VETERAN
(83 = 33 + 50)
VETERAN
(83 = 33 + 50)
EXCRETA
(82 = 32 + 50)
GREATEN
(82 = 32 + 50)
EXCRETA
(82 = 32 + 50)
TANAGER
(82 = 32 + 50)
EXACTER
(82 = 32 + 50)
EXCRETA
(82 = 32 + 50)
REAGENT
(82 = 32 + 50)
EXACTER
(82 = 32 + 50)
EXCRETA
(82 = 32 + 50)
GRANTEE
(82 = 32 + 50)
EXACTER
(82 = 32 + 50)
EXCRETA
(82 = 32 + 50)
EXACTER
(82 = 32 + 50)
CARAVAN
(82 = 32 + 50)
ACREAGE
(82 = 32 + 50)
VANTAGE
(82 = 32 + 50)
EXACTER
(82 = 32 + 50)
CARAVAN
(82 = 32 + 50)
ENGRAVE
(80 = 30 + 50)
TANAGER
(80 = 30 + 50)
CARTAGE
(80 = 30 + 50)
REENACT
(80 = 30 + 50)
REAGENT
(80 = 30 + 50)
VANTAGE
(80 = 30 + 50)
VANTAGE
(80 = 30 + 50)
AVENGER
(80 = 30 + 50)
AVERAGE
(80 = 30 + 50)
REENACT
(80 = 30 + 50)

extravagance in Words With Friends™

The word extravagance 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: 29

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

EXTRAVAGANCE
(405)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (18 words)

acerate, acreage, avenger, average, caravan, carnage, cartage, engrave, exacter, excreta, grantee, greaten, reagent, reenact, tanager, vagrant, vantage, veteran

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word extravagance

EXTRAVAGANCE
(405)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(369)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(297)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(297)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(198)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(198)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(152)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(136)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(124)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(120)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(116)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(116)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(116)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(116)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(98)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(86)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(78)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(74)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(66)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(66)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(46)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(44)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(42)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(42)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(37)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(36)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(36)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(33)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(32)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(32)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(32)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(31)

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

EXTRAVAGANCE
(405)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(369)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(297)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(297)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(198)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(198)
EXACTER
(158 = 123 + 35)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(152)
EXCRETA
(140 = 105 + 35)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(136)
EXACTER
(134 = 99 + 35)
EXCRETA
(134 = 99 + 35)
VAGRANT
(125 = 90 + 35)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(124)
CARAVAN
(122 = 87 + 35)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(120)
VANTAGE
(119 = 84 + 35)
AVENGER
(119 = 84 + 35)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(116)
EXACTER
(116 = 81 + 35)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(116)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(116)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(116)
EXCRETA
(116 = 81 + 35)
ENGRAVE
(113 = 78 + 35)
AVERAGE
(110 = 75 + 35)
EXACTER
(110 = 75 + 35)
EXACTER
(110 = 75 + 35)
CARAVAN
(110 = 75 + 35)
VAGRANT
(107 = 72 + 35)
AVENGER
(107 = 72 + 35)
VANTAGE
(107 = 72 + 35)
ENGRAVE
(107 = 72 + 35)
VETERAN
(107 = 72 + 35)
VERTEX
(105)
CARNAGE
(104 = 69 + 35)
REENACT
(104 = 69 + 35)
CARNAGE
(104 = 69 + 35)
CARAVAN
(104 = 69 + 35)
AVERAGE
(104 = 69 + 35)
EXACTER
(103 = 68 + 35)
EXCRETA
(103 = 68 + 35)
EXACTER
(103 = 68 + 35)
EXCRETA
(103 = 68 + 35)
EXCRETA
(103 = 68 + 35)
EXACTER
(103 = 68 + 35)
AVENGER
(101 = 66 + 35)
ENGRAVE
(101 = 66 + 35)
EXCRETA
(101 = 66 + 35)
VETERAN
(101 = 66 + 35)
EXACTER
(101 = 66 + 35)
VANTAGE
(101 = 66 + 35)
CARTAGE
(101 = 66 + 35)
ACREAGE
(101 = 66 + 35)
VERTEX
(99)
EXCRETA
(98 = 63 + 35)
CARNAGE
(98 = 63 + 35)
EXCRETA
(98 = 63 + 35)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(98)
EXACTER
(98 = 63 + 35)
EXACTER
(98 = 63 + 35)
AVERAGE
(98 = 63 + 35)
CAVERN
(96)
VACANT
(96)
REAGENT
(95 = 60 + 35)
CARAVAN
(95 = 60 + 35)
ACERATE
(95 = 60 + 35)
CARAVAN
(95 = 60 + 35)
CARAVAN
(95 = 60 + 35)
ENGRAVE
(95 = 60 + 35)
ACREAGE
(95 = 60 + 35)
CARTAGE
(95 = 60 + 35)
ACREAGE
(95 = 60 + 35)
VAGRANT
(95 = 60 + 35)
AVENGER
(95 = 60 + 35)
CARTAGE
(95 = 60 + 35)
VANTAGE
(95 = 60 + 35)
CAVEAT
(93)
EXACT
(93)
VACATE
(93)
AVERAGE
(92 = 57 + 35)
CARAVAN
(92 = 57 + 35)
EXCRETA
(92 = 57 + 35)
CARAVAN
(92 = 57 + 35)
CARAVAN
(92 = 57 + 35)
EXACTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
EXACTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
EXACTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
EXCRETA
(92 = 57 + 35)
CARNAGE
(92 = 57 + 35)
EXCRETA
(92 = 57 + 35)
EXCRETA
(92 = 57 + 35)
CARNAGE
(92 = 57 + 35)
EXCRETA
(92 = 57 + 35)
REENACT
(92 = 57 + 35)
VANTAGE
(91 = 56 + 35)
VANTAGE
(91 = 56 + 35)
AVENGER
(91 = 56 + 35)
AVENGER
(91 = 56 + 35)
VAGRANT
(91 = 56 + 35)
VAGRANT
(91 = 56 + 35)
ENGRAVE
(91 = 56 + 35)
VAGRANT
(91 = 56 + 35)
ENGRAVE
(91 = 56 + 35)
VANTAGE
(91 = 56 + 35)
AVENGER
(91 = 56 + 35)
ENGRAVE
(91 = 56 + 35)
VANTAGE
(89 = 54 + 35)
VAGRANT
(89 = 54 + 35)
VAGRANT
(89 = 54 + 35)
AVENGER
(89 = 54 + 35)
VETERAN
(89 = 54 + 35)
VAGRANT
(89 = 54 + 35)
CARTAGE
(89 = 54 + 35)
AVENGER
(89 = 54 + 35)
GRANTEE
(89 = 54 + 35)
ENGRAVE
(89 = 54 + 35)
AVENGER
(89 = 54 + 35)
GREATEN
(89 = 54 + 35)
TANAGER
(89 = 54 + 35)
ACERATE
(89 = 54 + 35)
ENGRAVE
(89 = 54 + 35)
ACREAGE
(89 = 54 + 35)
REAGENT
(89 = 54 + 35)
VANTAGE
(89 = 54 + 35)
CARNAGE
(87 = 52 + 35)
CARNAGE
(87 = 52 + 35)
AVERAGE
(87 = 52 + 35)
CARNAGE
(87 = 52 + 35)
VERTEX
(87)
AVERAGE
(87 = 52 + 35)
AVERAGE
(87 = 52 + 35)
CARAVAN
(86 = 51 + 35)
CARAVAN
(86 = 51 + 35)
CARNAGE
(86 = 51 + 35)
AVERAGE
(86 = 51 + 35)
REENACT
(86 = 51 + 35)
CARNAGE
(86 = 51 + 35)
CARAVAN
(86 = 51 + 35)
CARNAGE
(86 = 51 + 35)
CARAVAN
(86 = 51 + 35)
AVERAGE
(86 = 51 + 35)
EXTRAVAGANCE
(86)
EXACTER
(85 = 50 + 35)
CARAVAN
(85 = 50 + 35)
EXCRETA
(85 = 50 + 35)
EXCRETA
(85 = 50 + 35)
EXERT
(84)
RETAX
(84)
EXTRA
(84)
GREATEN
(83 = 48 + 35)
AVENGER
(83 = 48 + 35)
ACREAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
VANTAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
REAGENT
(83 = 48 + 35)
AVENGER
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENGRAVE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CARTAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
VETERAN
(83 = 48 + 35)
CARTAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CARTAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENGRAVE
(83 = 48 + 35)
VETERAN
(83 = 48 + 35)
GREATEN
(83 = 48 + 35)
CARTAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
VANTAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
VANTAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
AVENGER
(83 = 48 + 35)
VETERAN
(83 = 48 + 35)
VANTAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
AVENGER
(83 = 48 + 35)
VANTAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
VETERAN
(83 = 48 + 35)
VETERAN
(83 = 48 + 35)
VAGRANT
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENGRAVE
(83 = 48 + 35)
VETERAN
(83 = 48 + 35)
VAGRANT
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENGRAVE
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRANTEE
(83 = 48 + 35)
VAGRANT
(83 = 48 + 35)
CARTAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
VAGRANT
(83 = 48 + 35)
VAGRANT
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENGRAVE
(83 = 48 + 35)
ACREAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRANTEE
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRANTEE
(83 = 48 + 35)
ACREAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
ACREAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
REAGENT
(83 = 48 + 35)
ACREAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
TANAGER
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRAVEN
(81)
VERTEX
(81)
CARAVAN
(81 = 46 + 35)
AVERAGE
(81 = 46 + 35)
REENACT
(80 = 45 + 35)
REENACT
(80 = 45 + 35)
AVERAGE
(80 = 45 + 35)

Words containing the sequence extravagance

Words that start with extravagance (2 words)

Words with extravagance in them (1 word)

Words that end with extravagance (1 word)

Word Growth involving extravagance

Shorter words in extravagance

ag

an

ex extra

Longer words containing extravagance

extravagances