Definitions For Sustention

Noun

SUSTENTION. (countable and uncountable, plural SUSTENTIONs) sustentation

Etymology

First attested in 1868: a nominalisation of sustain, by analogy with detain → detention, retain → retention, etc., coined for contradistinction with sustentation.

Is Sustention a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
13

The word Sustention is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

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