bluntness
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- 11
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 9
/ˈblʌnt.nəs/(US)
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/ˈblʌnt.nəs/(US) · /ˈblʌnt.nɪs/(US) · [ˈblʌnʔ.nɪs](US)
Definition of bluntness
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The characteristic of being blunt.
“All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.”
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Etymology
From Middle English bluntnes, bluntnesse, equivalent to blunt + -ness.
Words you can make from bluntness
169 playable · top: SUNBELTS (10 pts)
Best play sunbelts 10 points7-letter words
7 words6-letter words
18 words5-letter words
37 words- BELTS 7 pts
- BENTS 7 pts
- BESTS 7 pts
- BLENT 7 pts
- BLESS 7 pts
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- BLUES 7 pts
- BLUET 7 pts
- BLUNT 7 pts
- BUNNS 7 pts
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- BUSES 7 pts
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- BUTLE 7 pts
- LUBES 7 pts
- SLUBS 7 pts
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- LUNES 5 pts
- LUNET 5 pts
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- SUNNS 5 pts
- TULES 5 pts
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4-letter words
59 words- BELS 6 pts
- BELT 6 pts
- BENS 6 pts
- BENT 6 pts
- BEST 6 pts
- BETS 6 pts
- BLET 6 pts
- BLUE 6 pts
- BUNN 6 pts
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- BUSS 6 pts
- BUST 6 pts
- BUTE 6 pts
- BUTS 6 pts
- LUBE 6 pts
- NEBS 6 pts
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- LUTE 4 pts
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3-letter words
36 words- BEL 5 pts
- BEN 5 pts
- BES 5 pts
- BET 5 pts
- BUN 5 pts
- BUS 5 pts
- BUT 5 pts
- NEB 5 pts
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- SUB 5 pts
- TUB 5 pts
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- EST 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
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- NET 3 pts
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- SEL 3 pts
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- SET 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- SUN 3 pts
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- TEL 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- UNS 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
- UTS 3 pts
2-letter words
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