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Yes. The word ablation is a Scrabble US word. The word ablation is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is ablation a Scrabble UK word?

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8-letter words (1 found)

ABLATION,

7-letter words (3 found)

AILANTO,ALATION,BITONAL,

6-letter words (11 found)

ALBINO,ANTLIA,ATONAL,ATONIA,BONITA,LATINA,LATINO,LIBANT,OBITAL,OBTAIN,TALION,

5-letter words (22 found)

ABOIL,ALANT,ALOIN,BALTI,BANAL,BANIA,BATON,BINAL,BIONT,BIOTA,BLAIN,BLOAT,LABIA,LANAI,LIANA,NABLA,NATAL,NOTAL,TABLA,TALON,TOLAN,TONAL,

4-letter words (59 found)

ALAN,ALBA,ALIT,ALTO,ANAL,ANIL,ANOA,ANTA,ANTI,BAAL,BAIL,BAIT,BANI,BANT,BINT,BITO,BLAT,BLIN,BLIT,BLOT,BOAT,BOIL,BOLA,BOLT,BONA,BOTA,INTO,IOTA,LAIN,LANA,LANT,LATI,LINO,LINT,LION,LOAN,LOBI,LOIN,LOTA,LOTI,NAIL,NALA,NAOI,NOIL,NOTA,OBIA,OBIT,OINT,TAAL,TABI,TAIL,TAIN,TALA,TALI,TANA,TIAN,TINA,TOIL,TOLA,

3-letter words (52 found)

AAL,ABA,ABO,AIA,AIL,AIN,AIT,ALA,ALB,ALT,ANA,ANI,ANT,BAA,BAL,BAN,BAO,BAT,BIN,BIO,BIT,BOA,BOI,BON,BOT,ION,ITA,LAB,LAT,LIB,LIN,LIT,LOB,LOT,NAB,NAT,NIB,NIL,NIT,NOB,NOT,OAT,OBA,OBI,OIL,TAB,TAI,TAN,TAO,TIL,TIN,TON,

2-letter words (23 found)

AA,AB,AI,AL,AN,AT,BA,BI,BO,IN,IO,IT,LA,LI,LO,NA,NO,OB,OI,ON,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 171 words from ablation according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ablation

ablation

Etymology

From Late Middle English ablacioun (“removal”), from Late Latin ablātiō (“a taking away”), from auferō (“to take away, carry off, withdraw, remove”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”, nominal suffix); equivalent to ablate +‎ -ion. Doublet of ablatio. Compare French ablation.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ə-blā'-shən, ăb-lā'-shən IPA(key): /əˈbleɪ.ʃn̩/, /æbˈleɪ.ʃn̩/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

ablation (countable and uncountable, plural ablations)

  1. (obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  3. (surgery) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  4. (sciences) The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping. [Mid 20th century.]
    Hyponym: constitutive ablation
    2. (geology) The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion or mass wasting. [from 20th c.]
    4. (meteorology) The depletion of surface snow and ice from a spacecraft or meteorite through melting and evaporation caused by friction with the atmosphere.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • ablatable
  • ablate
  • ablator

Translations

References

  • “ablation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “ablation”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Further reading

  • Ablation in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Danish

Noun

ablation c (singular definite ablationen, plural indefinite ablationer)

  1. (geology, medicine) ablation

Declension

Further reading

  • “ablation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

Noun

ablation f (plural ablations)

  1. the often forceful removal (physical or otherwise) or abolition of something
  2. (medicine) ablation
  3. (sciences) ablation

Further reading

  • “ablation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org