Scrabble?! VARIANCE

Definitions of VARIANCE in various dictionaries:

noun - an event that departs from expectations

noun - discord that splits a group

noun - the second moment around the mean

noun - a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

noun - the quality of being subject to variation

noun - an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)

noun - an activity that varies from a norm or standard

The act of varying.

The state or quality of being variant or variable; a variation.

A difference between what is expected and what actually occurs.

The state or fact of differing or of being in conflict.

Law.

A discrepancy between two statements or documents in a proceeding.

License to engage in an act contrary to a usual rule: a zoning variance.

The square of the standard deviation.

The number of thermodynamic variables, such as temperature and pressure, required to specify a state of equilibrium of a system, given by the phase rule.

noun - a license to perform an act contrary to the usual rule