attendance

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/əˈtɛn.dəns/

Definition of attendance

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of attending; the state of being present; presence.
    “Attendance at the meeting is required.”
    “All those in attendance are to sign this slip.”
    “The Prince of Wales will read the Queen's Speech on Her Majesty's behalf, with the Duke of Cambridge also in attendance.”
See all 5 definitions

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of attending; the state of being present; presence.
    “Attendance at the meeting is required.”
    “All those in attendance are to sign this slip.”
    “The Prince of Wales will read the Queen's Speech on Her Majesty's behalf, with the Duke of Cambridge also in attendance.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A tally or listing of the persons present.
    “The class sat down so that the teacher could take attendance.”
    “The workshop […] was extremely successful with an attendance of more than 380 participants from government, the private sector and members of Trade Associations for Grains, Seed and Cocoa Federation.”
  3. (countable, uncountable)The frequency with which one has been present for a regular activity or set of events.
    “John's attendance for the conventions was not good.”
  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Attention paid to something; careful regard.
    “The matter required his immediate attendance.”
  5. (countable, uncountable)Maid service.
    “"And what are you going to charge me?" There had come a kindly, almost a friendly note into his voice. "With attendance, mind! I shall expect you to give me attendance, and I need hardly ask if you can cook, Mrs. Bunting?"”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English attendance, from Old French atendance, from atendre (“to attend, listen”).

Words you can make from attendance

139 playable · top: CATENATED (12 pts)

Best play catenated 12 points

8-letter words

5 words

7-letter words

8 words

6-letter words

23 words

5-letter words

20 words

4-letter words

36 words

3-letter words

32 words

2-letter words

14 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to attendance to make another valid word.

Find your best play with attendance

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes attendance, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.