Nonsense
/ˈnɒnsəns/
Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:11 pts8 letters
Definition of Nonsense
noun
- Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
"After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense."
- An untrue statement.
"He says that I stole his computer, but that's just nonsense."
- That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
- Something foolish.
- A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
verb
adjective
- Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).
- Nonsensical
Anagrams of Nonsense
No exact anagrams found for "nonsense". This word has a unique letter combination.
Related Word Patterns
Letter Values
n1
o1
n1
s1
e1
n1
s1
e1
Total: 8 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Nonsense
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Nonsense"
Nonsense is a 8-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Nonsense" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "nonsense" is a low-scoring word.