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Definition of foolishness

"foolishness" in the noun sense

1. folly, foolishness, unwiseness

the trait of acting stupidly or rashly

2. folly, foolishness, craziness, madness

the quality of being rash and foolish

"trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"

"adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness"

3. stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility

a stupid mistake

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Quotations for foolishness

Good nature without prudence is foolishness. [ Proverb ]

When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness. [ Montesquieu ]

Blasphemous words betray the vain foolishness of the speaker. [ Sir P. Sidney ]

Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. [ Bible ]

Men are so completely fools by necessity that he is but a fool in a higher strain of folly who does not confess his foolishness. [ Pascal ]

The god, O men, seems to me to be really wise; and by his oracle to mean this, that the wisdom of this world is foolishness and of none effect. [ Plato ]

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foolishness in Scrabble®

The word foolishness 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: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters foolishness:

FOOLISHNESS
(162)
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (20 words)

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

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foolishness in Words With Friends™

The word foolishness 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: 18

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

FOOLISHNESS
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (20 words)

finless, flosses, foolish, fossils, hisself, insoles, isohels, lesions, lessons, lioness, loonies, loosens, olefins, oleosin, osseins, selfish, session, sinless, sloshes, sonless

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word foolishness

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

FOOLISHNESS
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Words containing the sequence foolishness

Words that start with foolishness (1 word)

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Words with foolishness in them (1 word)

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Words that end with foolishness (1 word)

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Word Growth involving foolishness

Shorter words in foolishness

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Longer words containing foolishness

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