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Is allocution a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word allocution is a Scrabble US word. The word allocution is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is allocution a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word allocution is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Yes. The word allocution is a Words With Friends word. The word allocution is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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10-letter words (2 found)

ALLOCUTION,LOCULATION,

9-letter words (1 found)

COLLATION,

8-letter words (4 found)

COLONIAL,COTILLON,LOCATION,LOCUTION,

7-letter words (11 found)

AUCTION,CALLOUT,CAUTION,COOLANT,CULLION,INOCULA,LINOCUT,LUNATIC,OCTANOL,OUTCALL,OUTLAIN,

6-letter words (36 found)

ACTION,ALCOOL,ALNICO,ANICUT,ATONIC,CATION,CATLIN,CITOLA,CLINAL,CLONAL,COITAL,COLONI,COLTAN,COUTIL,INCULT,LATINO,LINTOL,LOCULI,LOTION,NAUTIC,NOCTUA,OILCAN,OILNUT,TALION,TINCAL,TOLUIC,TOLUOL,TOUCAN,TUNICA,ULICON,ULTION,UNCIAL,UNCOIL,UNCOLT,UNCOOL,UNITAL,

5-letter words (53 found)

ACTIN,ACTON,ALLOT,ALOIN,ANTIC,ATOLL,AULIC,AULOI,CANTO,CITAL,CLAUT,CLINT,CLOOT,CLOUT,COATI,COLIN,COLON,CONIA,CONTO,COTAN,COUNT,COUTA,CULTI,CUNIT,CUTIN,ICTAL,INCUT,INULA,LILAC,LINAC,LLANO,LOCAL,LOTIC,NICOL,NOOIT,NOTAL,NULLA,OCTAL,OCTAN,OCULI,ONTIC,TALON,TAUON,TICAL,TOLAN,TONAL,TONIC,TUINA,TUNIC,UNCIA,UNICA,UNLIT,UNTIL,

4-letter words (114 found)

AITU,ALCO,ALIT,ALOO,ALTO,ANIL,ANTI,ATOC,AUNT,AUTO,CAIN,CALL,CALO,CANT,CAUL,CIAO,CILL,CION,CITO,CLAN,CLAT,CLIT,CLON,CLOT,CLOU,COAL,COAT,COIL,COIN,COIT,COLA,COLL,COLT,CONI,COOL,COON,COOT,CUIT,CULL,CULT,CUNT,ICON,INTO,IOTA,LAIC,LAIN,LANT,LATI,LATU,LILO,LILT,LINO,LINT,LION,LITU,LOAN,LOCA,LOCI,LOCO,LOIN,LOON,LOOT,LOTA,LOTI,LOTO,LOUN,LOUT,LUIT,LUNA,LUNT,NAIL,NAOI,NILL,NOIL,NOLL,NOLO,NOTA,NOUL,NOUT,NULL,OCTA,OINT,OLIO,OLLA,ONTO,OONT,OTIC,OUTA,TACO,TAIL,TAIN,TALC,TALI,TALL,TIAN,TILL,TINA,TOCO,TOIL,TOLA,TOLL,TOLU,TOOL,TOON,TOUN,TUAN,TUNA,ULAN,ULNA,UNAI,UNCI,UNCO,UNIT,UNTO,

3-letter words (56 found)

ACT,AIL,AIN,AIT,ALL,ALT,ALU,ANI,ANT,CAL,CAN,CAT,CIT,COL,CON,COO,COT,CUT,ILL,ION,ITA,LAC,LAT,LIN,LIT,LOO,LOT,LOU,LUN,NAT,NIL,NIT,NOO,NOT,NUT,OAT,OCA,OIL,ONO,OON,OOT,OUT,TAI,TAN,TAO,TAU,TIC,TIL,TIN,TOC,TON,TOO,TUI,TUN,UNI,UTA,

2-letter words (22 found)

AI,AL,AN,AT,IN,IO,IT,LA,LI,LO,NA,NO,NU,OI,ON,OO,OU,TA,TI,TO,UN,UT,

You can make 299 words from allocution according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of allocution

allocution

Etymology

From Latin allocūtiō (“address”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /alə(ʊ)ˈkjuːʃən/

Noun

allocution (countable and uncountable, plural allocutions)

  1. A formal speech, especially one which is regarded as authoritative and forceful.
  2. (chiefly US, law) The question put to a convicted defendant by a judge after the rendering of the verdict in a trial, in which the defendant is asked whether he or she wishes to make a statement to the court before sentencing; the statement made by a defendant in response to such a question; the legal right of a defendant to make such a statement.
  3. (chiefly US, law) The legal right of a victim, in some jurisdictions, to make a statement to a court prior to sentencing of a defendant convicted of a crime causing injury to that victim; the actual statement made to a court by a victim.
  4. (Roman Catholicism) A pronouncement by a pope to an assembly of church officials concerning a matter of church policy.
  5. (communication, media) The mode of information dissemination in which media broadcasts are transmitted to multiple receivers with no or very limited capability of a two-way exchange of information.
    • 1993, I. Th. M. Snellen and Wim B. H. J. van de Donk (eds.), Public Administration in an Information Age, →ISBN, p. 198 (Google preview):
      Allocution is the dissemination of information by a central unit towards a collectivity of decentral units, the central unit being both the source and the determining actor.

Related terms

  • allocute

Translations

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
  • Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Anagrams

  • loculation

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adlocutiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.lɔ.ky.sjɔ̃/

Noun

allocution f (plural allocutions)

  1. (short) speech

Further reading

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

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