subsistence
NOUN
/səb'sɪstəns/
11 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH S
subsistence is a valid 11-letter word worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1U1B3S1I1S1T1E1N1C3E1
1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 =15 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 30TRIPLE WORD → 45
MEANING
What does subsistence mean?
NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
A means of surviving.
“farming is a hard means of subsistence”
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RELATED
2
Minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting.
“social security provided only a bare subsistence”
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3
The state of existing in reality; having substance.
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