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Is contagion a Scrabble word?

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

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Is contagion a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is contagion a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word contagion is a Words With Friends word. The word contagion is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (2 found)

COGNATION,CONTAGION,

8-letter words (3 found)

CONATION,CONTANGO,INTONACO,

7-letter words (8 found)

ACTINON,ATONING,CANTING,CANTION,COATING,CONTAIN,COTINGA,OCTAGON,

6-letter words (26 found)

ACTING,ACTION,AGONIC,ANGICO,ANOINT,ANTING,ATONIC,CANING,CANNOT,CANTON,CATION,COGITO,CONING,COOING,COTING,GANOIN,GITANO,GONION,INCANT,NATION,NOTING,NOTION,TANNIC,TIGNON,TONING,TONNAG,

5-letter words (38 found)

ACING,ACTIN,ACTON,ANCON,ANION,ANTIC,CAGOT,CANON,CANTO,COATI,COGON,COIGN,CONGA,CONGO,CONIA,CONIN,CONTO,COTAN,GIANT,GONIA,GONNA,INCOG,INGAN,INGOT,NGAIO,NGATI,NITON,NOINT,NOOIT,OCTAN,ONION,ONTIC,TANGI,TANGO,TIGON,TOING,TONGA,TONIC,

4-letter words (58 found)

AGIN,AGIO,AGON,ANNO,ANON,ANTI,ATOC,CAIN,CANG,CANN,CANT,CIAO,CION,CITO,COAT,COIN,COIT,CONI,CONN,COON,COOT,GAIN,GAIT,GANT,GINN,GNAT,GOAT,GOON,ICON,INGO,INTO,IOTA,NAIN,NANG,NANO,NAOI,NGAI,NONA,NONG,NONI,NOON,NOTA,OCTA,OINT,ONTO,OONT,OTIC,TACO,TAIG,TAIN,TANG,TIAN,TINA,TING,TOCO,TOGA,TONG,TOON,

3-letter words (53 found)

ACT,AGO,AIN,AIT,ANI,ANN,ANT,CAG,CAN,CAT,CIG,CIT,COG,CON,COO,COT,GAN,GAT,GIN,GIO,GIT,GOA,GON,GOO,GOT,ING,INN,ION,ITA,NAG,NAN,NAT,NIT,NOG,NON,NOO,NOT,OAT,OCA,ONO,OON,OOT,TAG,TAI,TAN,TAO,TIC,TIG,TIN,TOC,TOG,TON,TOO,

2-letter words (17 found)

AG,AI,AN,AT,GI,GO,IN,IO,IT,NA,NO,OI,ON,OO,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 205 words from contagion according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of contagion

contagion

Etymology

From Middle English (late 14th century), from Old French, from Latin contāgiō (“a touching, contact, contagion”) related to contingō (“touch closely”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kənˈteɪd͡ʒən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪdʒən

Noun

contagion (countable and uncountable, plural contagions)

  1. A disease spread by contact.
  2. The spread or transmission of such a disease.
    Synonym: infection
  3. (figuratively, by extension) The spread of anything likened to a contagious disease.
    1. The passing on of manners or behaviour through a closed community or household.
    2. (finance) The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
  4. (finance) A recession or crisis developed in such manner.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • contagious

Translations

See also

  • quarantine
  • Contagious disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • cognation

French

Etymology

From Latin contāgiōnem.

Pronunciation

Noun

contagion f (plural contagions)

  1. contagion

Related terms

  • contagieux

Further reading

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

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