sconce

sconce is a 6-letter English word with 16 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A fortification, or work for defense; a fort. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. past participle. A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
2. past participle. A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
3. past participle. A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
4. past participle. Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.
5. past participle. A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
6. past participle. A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.
7. past participle. Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
8. past participle. A squinch.
9. past participle. A fragment of a floe of ice.
10. past participle. A fixed seat or shelf.
11. transitive verb. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
12. transitive verb. To mulct; to fine.
13. noun. a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
14. noun. a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
15. noun. a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
16. noun. a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather

Common word forms

sconced, sconcer, sconces, sconcing

Words from these letters

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