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Is affection a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word affection is a Scrabble US word. The word affection is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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Is affection a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word affection is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

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Is affection a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word affection is a Words With Friends word. The word affection is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

AFFECTION,

7-letter words (4 found)

ACONITE,ANOETIC,CAFFEIN,FACTION,

6-letter words (21 found)

ACETIN,ACTION,AEONIC,AFFECT,AFFINE,ANETIC,ATONIC,CATION,CENTAI,COFFIN,COIFFE,CONFIT,ENATIC,FANFIC,FIANCE,INFECT,INFEFT,NOETIC,NOTICE,OCTANE,OFFICE,

5-letter words (33 found)

ACTIN,ACTON,ANTIC,ATONE,CANOE,CANTO,CENTO,COATE,COATI,CONIA,CONTE,COTAN,ENACT,ENIAC,ENTIA,FACET,FAINE,FAINT,FECIT,FEINT,FIENT,FINCA,FITNA,OATEN,OCEAN,OCTAN,OFFIE,OFTEN,ONCET,ONTIC,TENIA,TINEA,TONIC,

4-letter words (92 found)

ACNE,AEON,AINE,ANCE,ANTE,ANTI,ATOC,CAFE,CAFF,CAIN,CANE,CANT,CATE,CENT,CIAO,CINE,CION,CITE,CITO,COAT,COFF,COFT,COIF,COIN,COIT,CONE,CONF,CONI,COTE,EINA,EOAN,ETIC,ETNA,FACE,FACT,FAIN,FANE,FANO,FATE,FEAT,FENI,FENT,FETA,FIAT,FICE,FICO,FIEF,FIFE,FINE,FINO,FOCI,FOEN,FOIN,FONE,FONT,ICON,INFO,INTO,IOTA,NAFF,NAIF,NAOI,NEAT,NEIF,NICE,NIEF,NIFE,NIFF,NITE,NOTA,NOTE,OCTA,OFFA,OINT,ONCE,ONIE,OTIC,TACE,TACO,TAIN,TANE,TEFF,TEIN,TIAN,TICE,TIFF,TIFO,TINA,TINE,TOEA,TOFF,TONE,

3-letter words (64 found)

ACE,ACT,AFF,AFT,AIN,AIT,ANE,ANI,ANT,ATE,CAF,CAN,CAT,CIT,CON,COT,EAN,EAT,ECO,EFF,EFT,EON,ETA,FAE,FAN,FAT,FEN,FET,FIE,FIN,FIT,FOE,FON,ICE,IFF,ION,ITA,NAE,NAT,NEF,NET,NIE,NIT,NOT,OAF,OAT,OCA,OFF,OFT,ONE,TAE,TAI,TAN,TAO,TEA,TEC,TEF,TEN,TIC,TIE,TIN,TOC,TOE,TON,

2-letter words (25 found)

AE,AI,AN,AT,EA,EF,EN,ET,FA,FE,IF,IN,IO,IT,NA,NE,NO,OE,OF,OI,ON,TA,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 241 words from affection according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of affection

affection

Etymology

From Middle English affection, affeccion, affeccioun, from Old French affection, from Latin affectiōnem, from affectiō; equivalent to affect +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈfɛk.ʃən/, /əˈfɛk.t͡ʃən/
  • Hyphenation: af‧fec‧tion
  • Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

affection (countable and uncountable, plural affections)

  1. The act of affecting or acting upon.
  2. The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
  3. An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
  4. An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
  5. A feeling of love or strong attachment.
  6. (medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.

Usage notes

  • In the sense of "feeling of love or strong attachment", it is often in the plural; formerly followed by "to", but now more generally by "for" or "toward(s)", for example filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children
  • Not to be confused with affectation (“An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show”).

Synonyms

  • (kind feeling): attachment, fondness, kindness, love, passion, tenderness

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Verb

affection (third-person singular simple present affections, present participle affectioning, simple past and past participle affectioned)

  1. (now rare) To feel affection for. [from 16th c.]

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Further reading

  • “affection”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “affection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “affection”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affectiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.fɛk.sjɔ̃/

Noun

affection f (plural affections)

  1. affection, love, fondness
  2. medical condition, complaint, disease

Further reading

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

Scots

Noun

affection (plural affections)

  1. affection

References

  • Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

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