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Yes. The word decimation is a Scrabble US word. The word decimation is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is decimation a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word decimation is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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10-letter words (2 found)

DECIMATION,MEDICATION,

9-letter words (3 found)

DIANOETIC,EMICATION,MEDIATION,

8-letter words (23 found)

ACTINIDE,ACTINOID,ACTIONED,AMNIOTIC,CATENOID,COINMATE,COMEDIAN,CTENIDIA,DAEMONIC,DAIMONIC,DEMONIAC,DIACTINE,DIATOMIC,DIATONIC,DOMINATE,EMICTION,IDEATION,INDICATE,IODINATE,MEDICANT,MINIATED,NEMATOID,TAENIOID,

7-letter words (41 found)

ACONITE,AMIDINE,AMIDONE,AMNIOTE,ANOETIC,CENTIMO,COADMIT,CODEINA,COMITIA,CONIDIA,CTENOID,DEMONIC,DEMOTIC,DEONTIC,DIAMINE,DICTION,DOMAINE,DOMINIE,EDITION,EMICANT,ENCOMIA,ENTOMIC,IDENTIC,INCITED,INEDITA,INTIMAE,MANDIOC,MEDIANT,MEIOTIC,MICATED,MICTION,MINIATE,MONACID,MONADIC,NEMATIC,NOMADIC,NOTICED,OCEANID,TACNODE,TENIOID,TONEMIC,

6-letter words (102 found)

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5-letter words (140 found)

ACINI,ACNED,ACTED,ACTIN,ACTON,ADMEN,ADMIN,ADMIT,AIDOI,AIMED,AMEND,AMENT,AMICE,AMICI,AMIDE,AMIDO,AMINE,AMINO,AMNIC,AMNIO,ANIME,ANIMI,ANODE,ANTED,ANTIC,ATONE,CADET,CADIE,CAMEO,CANED,CANID,CANOE,CANTO,CENTO,CITED,CNIDA,COATE,COATI,CODEN,COMAE,COMET,COMTE,CONED,CONIA,CONTE,COTAN,COTED,DAINE,DAINT,DANCE,DANIO,DECAN,DEMAN,DEMIC,DEMIT,DEMOI,DEMON,DENIM,DIACT,DIANE,DICOT,DICTA,DINIC,DIOTA,DOMIC,EDICT,ENACT,ENIAC,ENTIA,IDANT,IDENT,IDIOM,IDIOT,IMIDE,IMIDO,IMINE,IMINO,INDIA,INDIE,IODIC,IODIN,IONIC,MACED,MACON,MANDI,MANED,MANET,MANIC,MANTO,MATED,MATIN,MEANT,MEDIA,MEDIC,MEDII,MEINT,MENAD,MENTA,MENTO,METIC,MINAE,MINCE,MINED,MODII,MONAD,MONDE,MONIC,MONIE,MONTE,MOTED,MOTEN,NAMED,NICAD,NITID,NOMAD,NOMIC,NOTED,OATEN,OCEAN,OCTAD,OCTAN,OIDIA,ONCET,ONTIC,TAMED,TAMIN,TEIID,TEIND,TENIA,TICED,TIMED,TIMID,TIMON,TINEA,TINED,TOMAN,TOMIA,TONDI,TONED,TONIC,

4-letter words (179 found)

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3-letter words (103 found)

ACE,ACT,ADO,AID,AIM,AIN,AIT,AME,AMI,AND,ANE,ANI,ANT,ATE,CAD,CAM,CAN,CAT,CID,CIT,COD,CON,COT,DAE,DAM,DAN,DEI,DEN,DIE,DIM,DIN,DIT,DOC,DOE,DOM,DON,DOT,EAN,EAT,ECO,EMO,END,EON,ETA,ICE,IDE,ION,ITA,MAC,MAD,MAE,MAN,MAT,MED,MEN,MET,MIC,MID,MNA,MOA,MOC,MOD,MOE,MOI,MON,MOT,NAE,NAM,NAT,NED,NET,NID,NIE,NIM,NIT,NOD,NOM,NOT,OAT,OCA,ODA,ODE,OMA,ONE,TAD,TAE,TAI,TAM,TAN,TAO,TEA,TEC,TED,TEN,TIC,TID,TIE,TIN,TOC,TOD,TOE,TOM,TON,

2-letter words (35 found)

AD,AE,AI,AM,AN,AT,DA,DE,DI,DO,EA,ED,EM,EN,ET,ID,IN,IO,IT,MA,ME,MI,MO,NA,NE,NO,OD,OE,OI,OM,ON,TA,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 629 words from decimation according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of decimation

decimation

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decimātiō, a punishment where every 10th man in a unit would be stoned to death by the men who were spared. Used by the Romans to keep order in their military. Compare septimation and vicesimation.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General American) IPA(key): /ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

decimation (countable and uncountable, plural decimations)

  1. (Ancient Rome, strictly) The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot.
    Synonym: tithing
  2. (generally) The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population.
  3. A tithe or the act of tithing.
  4. (mathematics) The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.
    1. (signal processing) A digital signal-processing technique for reducing the number of samples in a discrete-time signal; downsampling

Coordinate terms

  • (proportionate reduction, by single aliquot part): quintation (1/5), septimation (1/7), vicesimation (1/20), tricesimation (1/30), centesimation (1/100)

Related terms

  • decimate

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References

  • William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “decimation”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes II (D–Hoon), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
  • “decimation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • medication

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