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Is erection a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word erection is a Scrabble US word. The word erection is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

E1R1E1C3T1I1O1N1

Is erection a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word erection is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

E1R1E1C3T1I1O1N1

Is erection a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word erection is a Words With Friends word. The word erection is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

E1R1E1C4T1I1O1N2

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8-letter words (2 found)

ERECTION,NEOTERIC,

7-letter words (6 found)

COINTER,COTERIE,ENTERIC,ENTICER,NOTICER,RECTION,

6-letter words (32 found)

CENOTE,CENTER,CENTRE,CERITE,CERTIE,CITRON,COINER,CORNET,CORTIN,CRETIN,CRONET,ENCORE,ENTICE,ENTIRE,EROTIC,NERITE,NOETIC,NORITE,NOTICE,ORCEIN,ORCINE,ORIENT,RECENT,RECITE,RECOIN,RETINE,TENREC,TERCIO,TIERCE,TOEIER,TONIER,TRIENE,

5-letter words (42 found)

CENTO,CERNE,CITER,CONTE,CORNI,CRINE,CRONE,CTENE,ENTER,ERECT,INERT,INTER,INTRO,IRONE,NICER,NIECE,NITER,NITRE,NITRO,NOTER,ONCER,ONCET,ONTIC,ORCIN,RECIT,RECON,RECTI,RECTO,RENTE,RETIE,RONTE,TENOR,TERCE,TERNE,TONER,TONIC,TORIC,TREEN,TRICE,TRINE,TRONC,TRONE,

4-letter words (76 found)

CENT,CERE,CERO,CERT,CETE,CINE,CION,CIRE,CITE,CITO,COIN,COIR,COIT,CONE,CONI,CORE,CORN,COTE,CREE,CRIT,CRON,EINE,ERIC,ERNE,ETEN,ETIC,ICER,ICON,INRO,INTO,IRON,NETE,NICE,NITE,NOIR,NORI,NOTE,OINT,ONCE,ONER,ONIE,OTIC,REEN,REIN,RENO,RENT,RETE,RICE,RINE,RIOT,RITE,ROIN,RONE,RONT,ROTE,ROTI,TEEN,TEER,TEIN,TENE,TERN,TICE,TIER,TINE,TIRE,TIRO,TONE,TORC,TORE,TORI,TORN,TREE,TRIE,TRIN,TRIO,TRON,

3-letter words (45 found)

CEE,CIT,CON,COR,COT,ECO,EEN,ENE,EON,ERE,ERN,ICE,ION,IRE,NEE,NET,NIE,NIT,NOR,NOT,ONE,ORC,ORE,ORT,REC,REE,REI,REN,REO,RET,RIN,RIT,ROC,ROE,ROT,TEC,TEE,TEN,TIC,TIE,TIN,TOC,TOE,TON,TOR,

2-letter words (17 found)

EE,EN,ER,ET,IN,IO,IT,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OR,RE,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 221 words from erection according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of erection

erection

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ērectiō, ērectiōnis, noun of action from perfect passive participle ērectus, from verb erigō, from prefix ē- (“out of”) + regō, + action suffix -iō.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɛkʃən/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

erection (countable and uncountable, plural erections)

  1. (uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something.
    Synonyms: building, construction
  2. (countable) Anything erected or built.
    Synonyms: building, construction
  3. (uncountable or countable, ecclesiastical) Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities.
  4. (uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:erection
    • 2006, Lori Marso, Feminist Thinkers and the Demands of Femininity: The Lives and Work of Intellectual Women, Routledge (2006), →ISBN, unnumbered pages (quoting Simone Beauvoir):
      There are men who say they cannot bear to show themselves naked before women unless in a state of erection; and indeed through erection the flesh becomes activity, potency, […]
  5. (uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
  6. (countable) A penis or clitoris that is erect.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:erect penis
    Hyponyms: priapism, permaboner, death erection, morning wood

Derived terms

  • re-erection

Related terms

  • erect
  • erector

Translations

Further reading

  • erection on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • neoteric

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ērectiō, ērectiōnem.

Noun

erection f (plural erections)

  1. erection (of a building, etc.)
  2. erection (penile)

Descendants

  • French: érection

References

  • erection on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Source: wiktionary.org