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Is diminution a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word diminution is a Scrabble US word. The word diminution is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

D2I1M3I1N1U1T1I1O1N1

Is diminution a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word diminution is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

D2I1M3I1N1U1T1I1O1N1

Is diminution a Words With Friends word?

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

D2I1M4I1N2U2T1I1O1N2

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10-letter words (1 found)

DIMINUTION,

8-letter words (1 found)

MUNITION,

7-letter words (3 found)

DINMONT,TONDINI,UNITION,

6-letter words (6 found)

DIMOUT,INDIUM,IONIUM,MINION,MUNTIN,OIDIUM,

5-letter words (26 found)

DONUT,DUNNO,DUOMI,IDIOM,IDIOT,IMIDO,IMINO,INION,INNIT,IODIN,MODII,MOUND,MOUNT,MUTON,NITID,NITON,NOINT,NOTUM,ODIUM,ONIUM,TIMID,TIMON,TONDI,TUMID,UNION,UNTIN,

4-letter words (39 found)

DINO,DINT,DOIT,DOUM,DOUN,DOUT,DUIT,DUNT,IMID,INTI,INTO,MIDI,MIND,MINI,MINO,MINT,MODI,MOIT,MOTI,MOTU,MUID,MUNI,MUNT,MUON,MUTI,NIDI,NODI,NONI,NOUN,NOUT,OINT,OMIT,TIND,TOUN,TUND,UDON,UNDO,UNIT,UNTO,

3-letter words (42 found)

DIM,DIN,DIT,DOM,DON,DOT,DUI,DUM,DUN,DUO,INN,ION,MID,MOD,MOI,MON,MOT,MOU,MUD,MUN,MUT,NID,NIM,NIT,NOD,NOM,NON,NOT,NUN,NUT,OUD,OUT,TID,TIN,TOD,TOM,TON,TUI,TUM,TUN,UDO,UNI,

2-letter words (21 found)

DI,DO,ID,IN,IO,IT,MI,MO,MU,NO,NU,OD,OI,OM,ON,OU,TI,TO,UM,UN,UT,

You can make 139 words from diminution according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of diminution

diminution

Etymology

From Middle English diminucioun, from Anglo-Norman diminuciun, Old French diminucion, from Latin dīminūtiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪmɪˈnjuːʃən/
  • Rhymes: -uːʃən
  • Hyphenation: di‧mi‧nu‧tion

Noun

diminution (countable and uncountable, plural diminutions)

  1. A lessening, decrease or reduction.
    The new emission standards have produced a measurable diminution in air pollution.
  2. The act or process of making diminutive.
  3. (music) a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.

Synonyms

  • (lessening, decrease): diminishment

Related terms

  • diminish
  • diminished
  • diminuendo

Translations

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French diminucion, borrowed from Latin dīminūtiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃/

Noun

diminution f (plural diminutions)

  1. diminution, abatement

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Noun

diminution (plural diminutiones)

  1. decrease

Related terms

  • diminuer

Source: wiktionary.org