infelicity
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 10
Definition of infelicity
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)The condition of being infelicitous.
“The infelicity of this shift of subject only becomes apparent, again retrospectively, in line eight, directly after the reader's encounter with yet another inscrutable Spenserism […]”
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noun
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(uncountable)The condition of being infelicitous.
“The infelicity of this shift of subject only becomes apparent, again retrospectively, in line eight, directly after the reader's encounter with yet another inscrutable Spenserism […]”
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(countable)Something that is infelicitous or inappropriate
“Returning to our own epistemic situation, we do not know the sense in which quantum mechanics and relativity will be taken to be approximately true after their descriptive infelicities are addressed.”
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Etymology
From in- + felicity, from Latin infelicitas.
Words you can make from infelicity
136 playable · top: FELICITY (16 pts)
Best play felicity 16 points8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
14 words5-letter words
27 words- FELTY 11 pts
- FITLY 11 pts
- FLYTE 11 pts
- LEFTY 11 pts
- NIFTY 11 pts
- CLEFT 10 pts
- CLIFT 10 pts
- FICIN 10 pts
- ICILY 10 pts
- LYTIC 10 pts
- YINCE 10 pts
- ELFIN 8 pts
- FEINT 8 pts
- FILET 8 pts
- FLINT 8 pts
- FLITE 8 pts
- LINEY 8 pts
- LINTY 8 pts
- TIYIN 8 pts
- CEILI 7 pts
- CLINE 7 pts
- INCEL 7 pts
- LICIT 7 pts
- TELIC 7 pts
- ELINT 5 pts
- INLET 5 pts
- INTEL 5 pts
4-letter words
41 words- FYCE 12 pts
- FLEY 10 pts
- CITY 9 pts
- CLEF 9 pts
- FICE 9 pts
- FLIC 9 pts
- FELT 7 pts
- FILE 7 pts
- FINE 7 pts
- FLIT 7 pts
- INLY 7 pts
- LEFT 7 pts
- LIEF 7 pts
- LIFE 7 pts
- LIFT 7 pts
- LINY 7 pts
- NEIF 7 pts
- TINY 7 pts
- TIYN 7 pts
- TYIN 7 pts
- TYNE 7 pts
- YETI 7 pts
- CEIL 6 pts
- CELT 6 pts
- CENT 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- CLIT 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- LICE 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- INTI 4 pts
- LENT 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LINT 4 pts
- LITE 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TILE 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- FEY 9 pts
- FLY 9 pts
- ICY 8 pts
- EFT 6 pts
- ELF 6 pts
- FEN 6 pts
- FET 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIL 6 pts
- FIN 6 pts
- FIT 6 pts
- LEY 6 pts
- LYE 6 pts
- TYE 6 pts
- YEN 6 pts
- YET 6 pts
- YIN 6 pts
- CEL 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- LIT 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIL 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
2-letter words
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