explicitness
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/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt.nəs/
Definition of explicitness
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)The state or characteristic of being explicit.
“Despite their careless scholarship and a less tangible quality that some would call a tin ear for poetry, Morris Halle and S. J. Keyser, as metrists, have the considerable virtue of explicitness.”
“It furthermore confirms, as James A. Davies has shown, that when drawn to contemporaries, Forster did not preimpose ideas upon his material as he did with those of the past, but presented 'honest revelation' bordering on explicitness.”
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Etymology
From explicit + -ness.
Words you can make from explicitness
200+ playable · top: EXCIPIENTS (21 pts)
Best play excipients 21 points10-letter words
1 word9-letter words
7 words8-letter words
31 words- CINEPLEX 19 pts
- EXCIPLES 19 pts
- EXPLICIT 19 pts
- SIXPENCE 19 pts
- PIXINESS 17 pts
- EXITLESS 15 pts
- SEXTILES 15 pts
- SIXTEENS 15 pts
- ECLIPSES 12 pts
- ECLIPSIS 12 pts
- INSPECTS 12 pts
- PECTINES 12 pts
- PENICILS 12 pts
- SPICIEST 12 pts
- CENTESIS 10 pts
- CENTILES 10 pts
- EPISTLES 10 pts
- LICENSES 10 pts
- NICETIES 10 pts
- PENLITES 10 pts
- PITILESS 10 pts
- PLENISTS 10 pts
- PLENTIES 10 pts
- SILENCES 10 pts
- SPILITES 10 pts
- SPINIEST 10 pts
- STENCILS 10 pts
- LENITIES 8 pts
- LITENESS 8 pts
- SETLINES 8 pts
- SIENITES 8 pts
7-letter words
96 words- EXCEPTS 18 pts
- EXCIPLE 18 pts
- EXPECTS 18 pts
- EXCISES 16 pts
- EXCITES 16 pts
- EXSECTS 16 pts
- LEXISES 14 pts
- SEXIEST 14 pts
- SEXTILE 14 pts
- SILEXES 14 pts
- SIXTEEN 14 pts
- SIXTIES 14 pts
- CESSPIT 11 pts
- ECLIPSE 11 pts
- INCEPTS 11 pts
- INCLIPS 11 pts
- INSPECT 11 pts
- PECTENS 11 pts
- PECTINS 11 pts
- PELITIC 11 pts
- PENCELS 11 pts
- PENCILS 11 pts
- PENICIL 11 pts
- PISCINE 11 pts
- SEPTICS 11 pts
- SPECIES 11 pts
- SPENCES 11 pts
- SPLENIC 11 pts
- SPLICES 11 pts
- CENTILE 9 pts
- CLIENTS 9 pts
- ELICITS 9 pts
- ENTICES 9 pts
- EPISTLE 9 pts
- ICELESS 9 pts
- ICINESS 9 pts
- INCESTS 9 pts
- INCISES 9 pts
- INCITES 9 pts
- INSECTS 9 pts
- INSTEPS 9 pts
- LECTINS 9 pts
- LEPTINS 9 pts
- LICENSE 9 pts
- LICENTE 9 pts
- PELISSE 9 pts
- PELITES 9 pts
- PENISES 9 pts
- PENLITE 9 pts
- PENSILE 9 pts
- PENSILS 9 pts
- PESTLES 9 pts
- PIETIES 9 pts
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- PINITES 9 pts
- PINLESS 9 pts
- PINTLES 9 pts
- PISTILS 9 pts
- PLENIST 9 pts
- SECTILE 9 pts
- SELECTS 9 pts
- SELENIC 9 pts
- SILENCE 9 pts
- SPILITE 9 pts
- SPINELS 9 pts
- SPINETS 9 pts
- SPLEENS 9 pts
- SPLENII 9 pts
- SPLENTS 9 pts
- SPLINES 9 pts
- SPLINTS 9 pts
- STENCIL 9 pts
- STIPELS 9 pts
- TIEPINS 9 pts
- TIPLESS 9 pts
- ENISLES 7 pts
- ENLISTS 7 pts
- ENSILES 7 pts
- INSTILS 7 pts
- LENITES 7 pts
- LINIEST 7 pts
- LISENTE 7 pts
- LISTEES 7 pts
- LISTENS 7 pts
- NESTLES 7 pts
- NETLESS 7 pts
- SENILES 7 pts
- SENITIS 7 pts
- SESTINE 7 pts
- SETLINE 7 pts
- SIENITE 7 pts
- SILENTS 7 pts
- TELESIS 7 pts
- TENSILE 7 pts
- TIELESS 7 pts
- TINSELS 7 pts
6-letter words
64 words- EXCEPT 17 pts
- EXPECT 17 pts
- EXCELS 15 pts
- EXCESS 15 pts
- EXCISE 15 pts
- EXCITE 15 pts
- EXILIC 15 pts
- EXPELS 15 pts
- EXSECT 15 pts
- EXILES 13 pts
- EXINES 13 pts
- EXISTS 13 pts
- ILEXES 13 pts
- IXTLES 13 pts
- NIXIES 13 pts
- CLEPES 10 pts
- INCEPT 10 pts
- INCLIP 10 pts
- PECTEN 10 pts
- PECTIN 10 pts
- CEILIS 8 pts
- CENSES 8 pts
- CITIES 8 pts
- CLIENT 8 pts
- CLINES 8 pts
- ECESIS 8 pts
- ELECTS 8 pts
- ELICIT 8 pts
- ENTICE 8 pts
- ESPIES 8 pts
- ICIEST 8 pts
- INCELS 8 pts
- INCEST 8 pts
- INCISE 8 pts
- INCITE 8 pts
- INSECT 8 pts
- INSTEP 8 pts
- LECTIN 8 pts
- LENTIC 8 pts
- LEPTIN 8 pts
- LIPINS 8 pts
- NICEST 8 pts
- NIECES 8 pts
- PEISES 8 pts
- PELITE 8 pts
- ELINTS 6 pts
- ELITES 6 pts
- ENISLE 6 pts
- ENLIST 6 pts
- ENSILE 6 pts
- INLETS 6 pts
- INSETS 6 pts
- INSIST 6 pts
- INSTIL 6 pts
- INTELS 6 pts
- ISLETS 6 pts
- ISTLES 6 pts
- LENITE 6 pts
- LENSES 6 pts
- LESSEN 6 pts
- LISTEE 6 pts
- LISTEN 6 pts
- NESTLE 6 pts
- NISEIS 6 pts
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