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Is dilation a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dilation is a Scrabble US word. The word dilation is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is dilation a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dilation is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

D2I1L1A1T1I1O1N1

Is dilation a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dilation is a Words With Friends word. The word dilation is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

DILATION,

7-letter words (2 found)

LIANOID,TOLIDIN,

6-letter words (7 found)

DALTON,DOLINA,INLAID,LADINO,LATINO,TALION,TINDAL,

5-letter words (29 found)

AIDOI,AIOLI,ALOIN,DAINT,DANIO,DIOTA,DITAL,DOILT,DOLIA,DOTAL,IDANT,IDIOT,IDOLA,ILIAD,INDIA,INDOL,INTIL,IODIN,LITAI,NIDAL,NITID,NODAL,NOTAL,OIDIA,TALON,TIDAL,TOLAN,TONAL,TONDI,

4-letter words (60 found)

ADIT,ALIT,ALOD,ALTO,ANIL,ANTI,DALI,DALT,DANT,DATO,DIAL,DINO,DINT,DIOL,DITA,DOAT,DOIT,DOLT,DONA,IDOL,ILIA,INIA,INTI,INTO,IOTA,LAID,LAIN,LAND,LANT,LATI,LIDO,LIND,LINO,LINT,LION,LOAD,LOAN,LOID,LOIN,LOTA,LOTI,NAIL,NAOI,NIDI,NODI,NOIL,NOTA,ODAL,OINT,OLID,TAIL,TAIN,TALI,TIAN,TINA,TIND,TOAD,TOIL,TOLA,TOLD,

3-letter words (44 found)

ADO,AID,AIL,AIN,AIT,ALT,AND,ANI,ANT,DAL,DAN,DIN,DIT,DOL,DON,DOT,ION,ITA,LAD,LAT,LID,LIN,LIT,LOD,LOT,NAT,NID,NIL,NIT,NOD,NOT,OAT,ODA,OIL,OLD,TAD,TAI,TAN,TAO,TID,TIL,TIN,TOD,TON,

2-letter words (23 found)

AD,AI,AL,AN,AT,DA,DI,DO,ID,IN,IO,IT,LA,LI,LO,NA,NO,OD,OI,ON,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 166 words from dilation according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dilation

dilation

Etymology

From dilate +‎ -ion, late 16th c.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /daɪˈleɪʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

dilation (countable and uncountable, plural dilations)

  1. The act of dilating.
  2. State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
    Synonyms: expansion, dilatation
  3. (obsolete) Delay.
    Synonyms: cunctation, hold-up; see also Thesaurus:delay
  4. (mathematics) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • dial into, dilatino, laid into

French

Pronunciation

Noun

dilation f (plural dilations)

  1. dilation

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīlātiō.

Noun

dilation oblique singular, f (oblique plural dilations, nominative singular dilation, nominative plural dilations)

  1. dissemination; spreading (of rumors, stories, etc.)

Source: wiktionary.org