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Is equivocation a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word equivocation is a Scrabble US word. The word equivocation is worth 26 points in Scrabble:

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Is equivocation a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word equivocation is a Scrabble UK word and has 26 points:

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Is equivocation a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word equivocation is a Words With Friends word. The word equivocation is worth 30 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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12-letter words (1 found)

EQUIVOCATION,

9-letter words (2 found)

EVOCATION,NOVICIATE,

8-letter words (9 found)

CONATIVE,COTQUEAN,EQUATION,EVICTION,INACTIVE,INVOCATE,OUTVOICE,UNACTIVE,VOCATION,

7-letter words (27 found)

ACONITE,ACQUITE,ANOETIC,ANTIQUE,AUCTION,AVIONIC,CAITIVE,CAUTION,CENTAVO,COITION,COONTIE,COQUINA,COQUITO,EQUINIA,INQUIET,INVOICE,OVATION,QUANTIC,QUINATE,QUINTIC,TUNICAE,UNITIVE,UNVOICE,UVEITIC,VAUNTIE,VENATIC,VICIATE,

6-letter words (57 found)

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5-letter words (83 found)

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4-letter words (113 found)

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3-letter words (82 found)

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2-letter words (26 found)

AE,AI,AN,AT,EA,EN,ET,IN,IO,IT,NA,NE,NO,NU,OE,OI,ON,OO,OU,QI,TA,TE,TI,TO,UN,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 401 words from equivocation according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of equivocation

equivocation

Alternative forms

  • æquivocation (archaic)

Etymology

c. 1380, from Middle English equivocacion, from Old French equivocation, from Medieval Latin aequivocātiō, from aequivocō, from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”), from Latin aequus (“equal”) + vocō (“call”); a calque of Ancient Greek ὁμωνυμία (homōnumía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃən/, /ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃn̩/, /əˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃn/
  • Hyphenation: e‧quiv‧o‧ca‧tion
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

equivocation (countable and uncountable, plural equivocations)

  1. (logic) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
  2. The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.

Related terms

  • amphiboly, evasion, evasiveness, prevarication, equivoque

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Further reading

  • https://www.logicalfallacies.org/equivocation.html

Old French

Noun

equivocation oblique singular, f (oblique plural equivocations, nominative singular equivocation, nominative plural equivocations)

  1. equivocation
    Si avoit trovee occasion de li gaber par l'equivocation de son nom

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