Definitions For Variance

noun

  • An activity that varies from a norm or standard
  • An official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
  • The quality of being subject to variation
  • A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
  • The second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
  • Discord that splits a group
  • An event that departs from expectations
  • An amount of difference or change
  • An official decision or document that allows someone to do something that is not usually allowed by the rules

Is Variance a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
16

The word Variance is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Variance in a Sentence

  • There was some variance in the results.
  • We noticed a slight variance between the quality of the samples.
  • He had to get a variance to add a garage on to his house.

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Antonyms for Variance

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