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Is coercion a Scrabble word?

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

C3O1E1R1C3I1O1N1

Is coercion a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3O1E1R1C3I1O1N1

Is coercion a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word coercion is a Words With Friends word. The word coercion is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1E1R1C4I1O1N2

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8-letter words (1 found)

COERCION,

7-letter words (3 found)

CORNICE,CROCEIN,CROCINE,

6-letter words (7 found)

CEROON,CICERO,COINER,COORIE,ORCEIN,ORCINE,RECOIN,

5-letter words (19 found)

CERCI,CERIC,CEROC,CONIC,COOER,CORNI,CORNO,CRINE,CROCI,CRONE,CROON,IRONE,NICER,ONCER,OORIE,ORCIN,RECCO,RECON,RONEO,

4-letter words (33 found)

CERO,CINE,CION,CIRE,COCO,COIN,COIR,CONE,CONI,COON,CORE,CORN,CROC,CRON,ECCO,ERIC,ICER,ICON,INRO,IRON,NICE,NOIR,NORI,ONCE,ONER,ONIE,REIN,RENO,RICE,RINE,ROIN,RONE,ROON,

3-letter words (26 found)

CON,COO,COR,ECO,EON,ERN,ICE,ION,IRE,NIE,NOO,NOR,ONE,ONO,OON,OOR,ORC,ORE,REC,REI,REN,REO,RIN,ROC,ROE,ROO,

2-letter words (12 found)

EN,ER,IN,IO,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OO,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 102 words from coercion according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of coercion

coercion

Alternative forms

  • coërcion

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cohercioun, from Old French cohercion, from Latin coercitiō (“magisterial coercion”), from past participle coercitus of coerceō (“to restrain, coerce”), from co- (“with”) + arceō (“to shut in, enclose”); see coerce.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /koʊˈɜːʃən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /koʊˈɝʒən/, /koʊˈɝʃən/

Noun

coercion (countable and uncountable, plural coercions)

  1. (uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
  2. (law, uncountable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
  3. (countable) A specific instance of coercing.
  4. (programming, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
  5. (linguistics, semantics) The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.

Antonyms

  • noncoercion

Hyponyms

  • type coercion

Derived terms

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Translations

Trivia

One of three common words ending in -cion, which are coercion, scion, and suspicion.

References

  • “coercion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “coercion”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • “coercion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • coercion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • criocone

Source: wiktionary.org