Definition of resemblance

"resemblance" in the noun sense

1. resemblance

similarity in appearance or external or superficial details

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Quotations for resemblance

Even to the delicacy of their hand
There was resemblance such as true blood wears. [ Byron ]

This picture bears no small resemblance to yourself. [ Horace ]

Fictions meant to please should have as much resemblance as possible to truth. [ Horace ]

Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things which differ, and the difference of things which are alike. [ Madame de Stael ]

Two similar faces, neither of which alone causes laughter, use laughter when they are together, by their resemblance. [ Pascal ]

Fiction is of the essence of poetry as well as of painting; there is a resemblance in one of human bodies, things, and actions which are not real, and in the other of a true story by fiction. [ Dryden ]

Every common dauber writes rascal and villain under his pictures, because the pictures themselves have neither character nor resemblance. But the works of a master require no index. His features and coloring are taken from nature. The impression they make is immediate and uniform; nor is it possible to mistake his characters. [ Junius ]

resemblance in Scrabble®

The word resemblance 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 resemblance:

RESEMBLANCE
(162)
RESEMBLANCE
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (38 words)

absence, amblers, amerces, baleens, basemen, besmear, blamers, cablers, cambers, carbeen, carbene, careens, cereals, clamber, cleaner, cleanse, embrace, enabler, enables, enamels, encalms, lancers, leaners, marbles, menaces, racemes, rambles, rebales, reblame, recanes, reclean, relaces, release, renames, rescale, scalene, sclerae, seeable

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word resemblance

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

RESEMBLANCE
(162)
RESEMBLANCE
(162)
RESEMBLANCE
(108)
RESEMBLANCE
(108)
EMBRACE
(102 = 52 + 50)
CLAMBER
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CAMBERS
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EMBRACE
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BESMEAR
(94 = 44 + 50)
RACEMES
(94 = 44 + 50)
CARBEEN
(94 = 44 + 50)
BLAMERS
(94 = 44 + 50)
REBLAME
(94 = 44 + 50)
CABLERS
(94 = 44 + 50)
MARBLES
(94 = 44 + 50)
MENACES
(94 = 44 + 50)
CARBENE
(94 = 44 + 50)
ENCALMS
(94 = 44 + 50)
BASEMEN
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ABSENCE
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RAMBLES
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AMBLERS
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AMERCES
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CARBENE
(92 = 42 + 50)
CARBEEN
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BLAMERS
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CLAMBER
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EMBRACE
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REBLAME
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EMBRACE
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EMBRACE
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REBLAME
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CAMBERS
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CARBEEN
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ENCALMS
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CARBEEN
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AMBLERS
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RACEMES
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BESMEAR
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BASEMEN
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EMBRACE
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ENCALMS
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BASEMEN
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CLAMBER
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CARBENE
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BLAMERS
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MENACES
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CABLERS
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ABSENCE
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BLAMERS
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AMERCES
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MARBLES
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CABLERS
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BESMEAR
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EMBRACE
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RESCALE
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CARBEEN
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RENAMES
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ENABLER
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resemblance in Words With Friends™

The word resemblance 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: 22

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

RESEMBLANCE
(306)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (38 words)

absence, amblers, amerces, baleens, basemen, besmear, blamers, cablers, cambers, carbeen, carbene, careens, cereals, clamber, cleaner, cleanse, embrace, enabler, enables, enamels, encalms, lancers, leaners, marbles, menaces, racemes, rambles, rebales, reblame, recanes, reclean, relaces, release, renames, rescale, scalene, sclerae, seeable

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word resemblance

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

RESEMBLANCE
(306)
RESEMBLANCE
(288)
RESEMBLANCE
(288)
RESEMBLANCE
(144)
RESEMBLANCE
(144)
CAMBERS
(131 = 96 + 35)
CABLERS
(125 = 90 + 35)
CLAMBER
(122 = 87 + 35)
CLAMBER
(116 = 81 + 35)
CLAMBER
(116 = 81 + 35)
CLAMBER
(116 = 81 + 35)
CAMBERS
(113 = 78 + 35)
EMBRACE
(113 = 78 + 35)
REBLAME
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MENACES
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BASEMEN
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BLAMERS
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AMBLERS
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CARBENE
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EMBRACE
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EMBRACE
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ENCALMS
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ENCALMS
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CLAMBER
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ENAMELS
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BLAMERS
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SCALENE
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RAMBLES
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REBLAME
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ABSENCE
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ENABLES
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BALEENS
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ENCALMS
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BESMEAR
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RACEMES
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AMERCES
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RESEMBLANCE
(104)
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(104 = 69 + 35)
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CLAMBER
(103 = 68 + 35)
CLAMBER
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CLAMBER
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CLEANSE
(101 = 66 + 35)
RECLEAN
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BASEMEN
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CARBENE
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EMBRACE
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EMBRACE
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RECANES
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SEEABLE
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REBALES
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AMERCES
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SCLERAE
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RESEMBLANCE
(96)
RESEMBLANCE
(96)
RESEMBLANCE
(96)
ABSENCE
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AMBLERS
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ENABLER
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CLEANER
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LANCERS
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EMBRACE
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REBLAME
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ENCALMS
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ENABLER
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LANCERS
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CARBEEN
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MARBLES
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ENAMELS
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SCALENE
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CABLERS
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BECAME
(93)
CAMBER
(93)
RESCALE
(92 = 57 + 35)
RESEMBLANCE
(92)
RESCALE
(92 = 57 + 35)
SCLERAE
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CLAMBER
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CLAMBER
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RESEMBLANCE
(92)
ENCALMS
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CAREENS
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CEREALS
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CARBENE
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CARBEEN
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CARBEEN
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ABSENCE
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CARBENE
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ABSENCE
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AMBLERS
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BLAMERS
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RAMBLES
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BASEMEN
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BLAMERS
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BASEMEN
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BASEMEN
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AMBLERS
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CARBENE
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REBLAME
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REBLAME
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REBLAME
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ABSENCE
(91 = 56 + 35)
RESEMBLANCE
(90)
CARBENE
(89 = 54 + 35)
RECLEAN
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BLAMERS
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RECLEAN
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10 letter words in resemblance (1 word)

11 letter words in resemblance (1 word)

resemblance + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence resemblance

Words that start with resemblance (2 words)

Words with resemblance in them (1 word)

Words that end with resemblance (2 words)

Word Growth involving resemblance

Shorter words in resemblance

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em semblance

an lance semblance

la lance semblance

Longer words containing resemblance

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