Definition of touchstone

"touchstone" in the noun sense

1. standard, criterion, measure, touchstone

a basis for comparison a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

"the schools comply with federal standards"

"they set the measure for all subsequent work"

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Quotations for touchstone

That touchstone Opportunity. [ Charles Reade ]

Calamity is man's true touchstone. [ Beaumont and Fletcher ]

Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind. [ Proverb ]

As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries men. [ Proverb ]

The touchstone distinguishes between gold and brass. [ Proverb ]

Repartee is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit. [ Moliere ]

Poverty is the test of civility and the touchstone of friendship. [ Hazlitt ]

The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit. [ Moliere ]

Experience, that chill touchstone whose sad proof reduces all things from their hue. [ Byron ]

Possession is the touchstone of love: true love finds new ardor, frivolous love extinguishes itself in it. [ Panage ]

Prosperity is the touchstone of virtue; for it is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. [ Tacitus ]

Death is so genuine a fact that it excludes falsehoods, or betrays its emptiness; it is a touchstone that proves the gold, and dishonors the baser metal. [ Hawthorne ]

What a conception of art must those theorists have who exclude portraits from the proper province of the fine arts! It is exactly as if we denied that to be poetry in which the poet celebrates the woman he really loves. Portraiture is the basis and the touchstone of historic painting. [ Schlegel ]

It is very singular, how the fact of a man's death often seems to give people a truer idea of his character, whether for good or evil, than they have ever possessed while he was living and acting among them. Death is so genuine a fact that it excludes falsehood or betray its emptiness; it is a touchstone that proves the gold, and dishonors the baser metal. [ Hawthorne ]

touchstone in Scrabble®

The word touchstone 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: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters touchstone:

TOUCHSTONE
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (6 words)

contest, cottons, notches, outshot, teutons, touches

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word touchstone

TOUCHSTONE
(162)
TOUCHSTONE
(144)
TOUCHSTONE
(108)
TOUCHSTONE
(96)
TOUCHSTONE
(76)
TOUCHSTONE
(64)
TOUCHSTONE
(60)
TOUCHSTONE
(60)
TOUCHSTONE
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TOUCHSTONE
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TOUCHSTONE
(51)
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TOUCHSTONE
(50)
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(50)
TOUCHSTONE
(48)
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TOUCHSTONE
(40)
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(40)
TOUCHSTONE
(38)
TOUCHSTONE
(38)
TOUCHSTONE
(38)
TOUCHSTONE
(38)
TOUCHSTONE
(36)
TOUCHSTONE
(34)
TOUCHSTONE
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TOUCHSTONE
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TOUCHSTONE
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TOUCHSTONE
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TOUCHSTONE
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TOUCHSTONE
(32)
TOUCHSTONE
(32)
TOUCHSTONE
(32)
TOUCHSTONE
(30)
TOUCHSTONE
(30)
TOUCHSTONE
(27)
TOUCHSTONE
(23)
TOUCHSTONE
(21)
TOUCHSTONE
(21)
TOUCHSTONE
(21)
TOUCHSTONE
(20)
TOUCHSTONE
(20)
TOUCHSTONE
(19)
TOUCHSTONE
(18)
TOUCHSTONE
(18)

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

TOUCHSTONE
(162)
TOUCHSTONE
(144)
TOUCHSTONE
(108)
TOUCHES
(98 = 48 + 50)
TOUCHES
(98 = 48 + 50)
NOTCHES
(98 = 48 + 50)
NOTCHES
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TOUCHSTONE
(96)
TOUCHES
(95 = 45 + 50)
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(95 = 45 + 50)
NOTCHES
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NOTCHES
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OUTSHOT
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TOUCHES
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NOTCHES
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TOUCHES
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NOTCHES
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NOTCHES
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TOUCHES
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TOUCHES
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NOTCHES
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TOUCHES
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NOTCHES
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COTTONS
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CONTEST
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TOUCHES
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OUTSHOT
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OUTSHOT
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OUTSHOT
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NOTCHES
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TOUCHES
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CONTEST
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONTEST
(80 = 30 + 50)
OUTSHOT
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COTTONS
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CONTEST
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COTTONS
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COTTONS
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COTTONS
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OUTSHOT
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NOTCHES
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TEUTONS
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OUTSHOT
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NOTCHES
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NOTCHES
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NOTCHES
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CONTEST
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COTTONS
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NOTCHES
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NOTCHES
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NOTCHES
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NOTCHES
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TOUCHES
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NOTCHES
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CONTEST
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TOUCHES
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COTTONS
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TOUCHES
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TOUCHES
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TOUCHSTONE
(76)
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TOUCHES
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TOUCHES
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TEUTONS
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NOTCHES
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TOUCHES
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OUTSHOT
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OUTSHOT
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TOUCHES
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TEUTONS
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TEUTONS
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TEUTONS
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OUTSHOT
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TEUTONS
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OUTSHOT
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OUTSHOT
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OUTSHOT
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OUTSHOT
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NOTCHES
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NOTCHES
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NOTCHES
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OUTSHOT
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touchstone in Words With Friends™

The word touchstone 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: 17

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

TOUCHSTONE
(243)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (6 words)

contest, cottons, notches, outshot, teutons, touches

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word touchstone

TOUCHSTONE
(243)
TOUCHSTONE
(225)
TOUCHSTONE
(150)
TOUCHSTONE
(114)
TOUCHSTONE
(81)
TOUCHSTONE
(81)
TOUCHSTONE
(76)
TOUCHSTONE
(76)
TOUCHSTONE
(72)
TOUCHSTONE
(72)
TOUCHSTONE
(72)
TOUCHSTONE
(72)
TOUCHSTONE
(69)
TOUCHSTONE
(68)
TOUCHSTONE
(68)
TOUCHSTONE
(63)
TOUCHSTONE
(54)
TOUCHSTONE
(50)
TOUCHSTONE
(46)
TOUCHSTONE
(42)
TOUCHSTONE
(42)
TOUCHSTONE
(42)
TOUCHSTONE
(42)
TOUCHSTONE
(38)
TOUCHSTONE
(34)
TOUCHSTONE
(34)
TOUCHSTONE
(34)
TOUCHSTONE
(34)
TOUCHSTONE
(27)
TOUCHSTONE
(24)
TOUCHSTONE
(23)
TOUCHSTONE
(23)
TOUCHSTONE
(23)
TOUCHSTONE
(23)
TOUCHSTONE
(22)
TOUCHSTONE
(22)
TOUCHSTONE
(22)
TOUCHSTONE
(22)
TOUCHSTONE
(21)
TOUCHSTONE
(21)
TOUCHSTONE
(20)
TOUCHSTONE
(20)
TOUCHSTONE
(20)
TOUCHSTONE
(20)
TOUCHSTONE
(19)
TOUCHSTONE
(19)

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

TOUCHSTONE
(243)
TOUCHSTONE
(225)
TOUCHSTONE
(150)
TOUCHSTONE
(114)
CONTEST
(104 = 69 + 35)
TOUCHES
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TOUCHES
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NOTCHES
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NOTCHES
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TOUCHES
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NOTCHES
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COTTONS
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NOTCHES
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NOTCHES
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TOUCHES
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NOTCHES
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COTTONS
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TOUCHES
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CONTEST
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OUTSHOT
(89 = 54 + 35)
NOTCHES
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NOTCHES
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TOUCHES
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NOTCHES
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TOUCHES
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COTTONS
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OUTSHOT
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TOUCHSTONE
(81)
TOUCHSTONE
(81)
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CONTEST
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TOUCHES
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NOTCHES
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CONTEST
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COTTONS
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CONTEST
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CONTEST
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COTTONS
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OUTSHOT
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OUTSHOT
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TOUCHSTONE
(76)
TOUCHSTONE
(76)
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OUTSHOT
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OUTSHOT
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NOTCHES
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TOUCHES
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TOUCHSTONE
(72)
TOUCHSTONE
(72)
TOUCHSTONE
(72)
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(72)
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(69)
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CHUTE
(57)
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NOTCH
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CONTEST
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TOUCH
(57)
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OUTSHOT
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COTTONS
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HONEST
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Words containing the sequence touchstone

Words that start with touchstone (2 words)

Words with touchstone in them (1 word)

Words that end with touchstone (1 word)

Word Growth involving touchstone

Shorter words in touchstone

on one tone stone

on ton tone stone

to ton tone stone

ouch touch

to touch

Longer words containing touchstone

touchstones