variety
A deviation or difference.
Noun 4 meanings
A deviation or difference.
A specific variation of something.
A collection or number of different things.
The quality of being varied; diversity.
“Variety is the spice of life.”
Etymology
From Middle French varieté (“variety”) (modern French variété (“variety; genre, type”)) or directly from its etymon Latin varietās (“difference; diversity, variety”) + English -ty (suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives); by surface analysis, various + -ety.
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VARIETY at a glance
VARIETY has 7 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (V 4 + A 1 + R 1 + I 1 + E 1 + T 1 + Y 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,799 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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