permissiveness
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 21
- Words With Friends
- 25
- Letters
- 14
Definition of permissiveness
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)The relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen.
“The permissiveness of campus life leads many college freshmen to try things they would never have experienced at home.”
“It is no accident that capital punishment is reentering our society on the wave of the conservative reaction to the permissiveness and laxity of the past two decades.”
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Etymology
From permissive + -ness.
Words you can make from permissiveness
200+ playable · top: IMPRESSIVENESS (21 pts)
Best play impressiveness 21 points11-letter words
1 word10-letter words
9 words9-letter words
10 words8-letter words
37 words- EMISSIVE 13 pts
- MINIVERS 13 pts
- MISSIVES 13 pts
- PREVISES 13 pts
- VERSEMEN 13 pts
- VIPERINE 13 pts
- EMPERIES 12 pts
- EMPRISES 12 pts
- EPIMERES 12 pts
- IMPRESES 12 pts
- PISMIRES 12 pts
- PREEMIES 12 pts
- PREMISES 12 pts
- PRESSMEN 12 pts
- PRIMINES 12 pts
- PRIMNESS 12 pts
- SPERMINE 12 pts
- SPIREMES 12 pts
- INVERSES 11 pts
- SEVERIES 11 pts
- VENERIES 11 pts
- VERSINES 11 pts
- VINERIES 11 pts
- EMESISES 10 pts
- EREPSINS 10 pts
- INSPIRES 10 pts
- MIRINESS 10 pts
- MISERIES 10 pts
- MISSENSE 10 pts
- MISSISES 10 pts
- PINERIES 10 pts
- PRISSIES 10 pts
- RIMINESS 10 pts
- RIPENESS 10 pts
- SPEISSES 10 pts
- EERINESS 8 pts
- ESERINES 8 pts
7-letter words
80 words- MINIVER 12 pts
- MISSIVE 12 pts
- PENSIVE 12 pts
- PREVISE 12 pts
- PRIVIES 12 pts
- VERISMS 12 pts
- VERMINS 12 pts
- VESPERS 12 pts
- VESPINE 12 pts
- EMPIRES 11 pts
- EMPRESS 11 pts
- EMPRISE 11 pts
- EPIMERE 11 pts
- EPIMERS 11 pts
- IMPRESE 11 pts
- IMPRESS 11 pts
- MISPENS 11 pts
- PISMIRE 11 pts
- PREEMIE 11 pts
- PREMIES 11 pts
- PREMISE 11 pts
- PREMISS 11 pts
- PRIMINE 11 pts
- PRIMSIE 11 pts
- SIMPERS 11 pts
- SPIREME 11 pts
- SPIREMS 11 pts
- ENVIERS 10 pts
- EVENERS 10 pts
- INVERSE 10 pts
- REVISES 10 pts
- VEERIES 10 pts
- VEINERS 10 pts
- VEINIER 10 pts
- VENEERS 10 pts
- VENIRES 10 pts
- VERSINE 10 pts
- VERSINS 10 pts
- EMERIES 9 pts
- ENEMIES 9 pts
- EREPSIN 9 pts
- ERMINES 9 pts
- INSPIRE 9 pts
- MEINIES 9 pts
- MERISES 9 pts
- MERISIS 9 pts
- MESSIER 9 pts
- MISSIES 9 pts
- NEMESES 9 pts
- NEMESIS 9 pts
- PEERESS 9 pts
- PEERIES 9 pts
- PENISES 9 pts
- PENSEES 9 pts
- PISSERS 9 pts
- PISSIER 9 pts
- PRESSES 9 pts
- PRISSES 9 pts
- REMISES 9 pts
- REPINES 9 pts
- SEEMERS 9 pts
- SEEPIER 9 pts
- SEMISES 9 pts
- SIEMENS 9 pts
- SNIPERS 9 pts
- SPEISES 9 pts
- SPENSES 9 pts
- SPINIER 9 pts
- EENSIER 7 pts
- ESERINE 7 pts
- SEERESS 7 pts
- SEINERS 7 pts
- SEISERS 7 pts
- SEISINS 7 pts
- SENSEIS 7 pts
- SEREINS 7 pts
- SERENES 7 pts
- SERINES 7 pts
- SISSIER 7 pts
- SISSIES 7 pts
6-letter words
62 words- PEEVES 11 pts
- EMPIRE 10 pts
- EPIMER 10 pts
- MISPEN 10 pts
- PREMEN 10 pts
- PREMIE 10 pts
- PRIMES 10 pts
- PRISMS 10 pts
- ENVIER 9 pts
- ENVIES 9 pts
- EVENER 9 pts
- NERVES 9 pts
- NIEVES 9 pts
- REEVES 9 pts
- REIVES 9 pts
- REVISE 9 pts
- EMEERS 8 pts
- EMERSE 8 pts
- EMESES 8 pts
- EMESIS 8 pts
- ERMINE 8 pts
- ESPIES 8 pts
- IMINES 8 pts
- MEINIE 8 pts
- MENSES 8 pts
- MESNES 8 pts
- MESSES 8 pts
- MINERS 8 pts
- MIRINS 8 pts
- MISERS 8 pts
- MISSES 8 pts
- MISSIS 8 pts
- PEERIE 8 pts
- PEISES 8 pts
- PENSEE 8 pts
- PERSES 8 pts
- PINIER 8 pts
- PISSER 8 pts
- PISSES 8 pts
- PREENS 8 pts
- PRISES 8 pts
- REMISE 8 pts
- REMISS 8 pts
- REPINE 8 pts
- REPINS 8 pts
- RIPENS 8 pts
- SEEMER 8 pts
- SEISMS 8 pts
- IRISES 6 pts
- ISSEIS 6 pts
- NEREIS 6 pts
- NESSES 6 pts
- NISEIS 6 pts
- RESEEN 6 pts
- RESEES 6 pts
- RESINS 6 pts
- RINSES 6 pts
- SEINER 6 pts
- SEINES 6 pts
- SEISER 6 pts
- SEISES 6 pts
- SEISIN 6 pts
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