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Is afflux a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word afflux is a Scrabble US word. The word afflux is worth 19 points in Scrabble:

A1F4F4L1U1X8

Is afflux a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word afflux is a Scrabble UK word and has 19 points:

A1F4F4L1U1X8

Is afflux a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word afflux is a Words With Friends word. The word afflux is worth 21 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1F4F4L2U2X8

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6-letter words (1 found)

AFFLUX,

5-letter words (1 found)

LUFFA,

4-letter words (6 found)

FALX,FAUX,FLAX,FLUX,LAUF,LUFF,

3-letter words (8 found)

AFF,ALF,ALU,AUF,FAX,FLU,LAX,LUX,

2-letter words (6 found)

AL,AX,FA,FU,LA,XU,

You can make 22 words from afflux according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of afflux

afflux

Etymology

Latin affluĕre, affluxum. See affluent.

Noun

afflux (plural affluxes)

  1. An upward rush of fluid.
    • 1874 January 9, "Chemical News from Foreign Sources," Chemical News [1], page 26, of waterspouts:
      The vis viva of these affluxes is employed almost wholly in turning the mass of intermediate gas […]
  2. (hydrology) The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused when the effective flow area at the obstruction is less than the natural width of the stream immediately upstream of the obstruction.

French

Etymology

From Latin affluĕre, affluxum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.fly/
  • Homophones: afflue, afflues, affluent

Noun

afflux m (plural afflux)

  1. (physics) influx (inward flow)
  2. (medicine) afflux

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org