nonstandard
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 11
/nɑnˈstændɚd/
(US)
Definition of nonstandard
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Not standard.
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adj
- Not standard.
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Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
“The resulting sequence of covert wh-pronoun + Complementiser has an overt counterpart in nonstandard varieties of English, as the following example (recorded from a BBC radio programme) illustrates: (91) England put themselves in a position [whereby that they took a lot of credit for tonightʼs game] (Ron Greenwood, BBC radio 4)”
noun
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Something that is not standard.
“Unlike the TV standard we are all accustomed to, the Web is the wild, wild West of video nonstandards.”
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Etymology
From non- + standard.
Words you can make from nonstandard
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6 words6-letter words
18 words5-letter words
50 words- DADAS 7 pts
- DADOS 7 pts
- ADORN 6 pts
- ANDRO 6 pts
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- DRATS 6 pts
- NADAS 6 pts
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- ROADS 6 pts
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- TARDO 6 pts
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- TRADS 6 pts
- ANNAS 5 pts
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- ANTRA 5 pts
- AORTA 5 pts
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- NANOS 5 pts
- NONAS 5 pts
- RANTS 5 pts
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- RATOS 5 pts
- ROANS 5 pts
- ROAST 5 pts
- ROTAS 5 pts
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- SNORT 5 pts
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4-letter words
84 words- ADDS 6 pts
- DADA 6 pts
- DADO 6 pts
- DADS 6 pts
- ODDS 6 pts
- ADOS 5 pts
- ANDS 5 pts
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- DARN 5 pts
- DART 5 pts
- DATA 5 pts
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- DONA 5 pts
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- DORS 5 pts
- DOSA 5 pts
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- DOTS 5 pts
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- NADA 5 pts
- NARD 5 pts
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- ODAS 5 pts
- ORAD 5 pts
- RADS 5 pts
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- SARD 5 pts
- SODA 5 pts
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- TODS 5 pts
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- AROS 4 pts
- ARTS 4 pts
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- TONS 4 pts
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3-letter words
41 words- ADD 5 pts
- DAD 5 pts
- ODD 5 pts
- ADO 4 pts
- ADS 4 pts
- AND 4 pts
- DAN 4 pts
- DAS 4 pts
- DON 4 pts
- DOR 4 pts
- DOS 4 pts
- DOT 4 pts
- NOD 4 pts
- ODA 4 pts
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- RAD 4 pts
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- AAS 3 pts
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- ARO 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATS 3 pts
- NAN 3 pts
- NOR 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- SAN 3 pts
- SAT 3 pts
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