Sconce

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:13 pts6 letters

Definition of Sconce

Noun

A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb. A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.
A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.

Noun

A head or a skull.
A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
An act of sconcing; very similar to a fine at Cambridge University, though a sconce is the act of issuing a penalty rather than the penalty itself.
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Verb

To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to announce some (usually outrageous) deed such that anyone who has done it must drink; similar to I have never; commonly associated with crewdates; very similar to fining at Cambridge University.
"I sconce anyone who has ever…"

Noun

A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
A squinch.
A fragment of a floe of ice.
A fixed seat or shelf.

Verb

to shut within a sconce; to imprison.

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Rhyming Words

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Related Words

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