Variance
8 lettersnounmoderateUpdated February 2026
Definition
The state or quality of being different or inconsistent, or a statistical measure of spread. In statistics, it quantifies how far values are dispersed from the mean.
“There was significant variance in test scores between different student groups in the study.”
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Contains -ANCE ending; letter V at start and three A's
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Worth 13 points; the V (4 points) and C (3 points) add good value
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