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Is fiction a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word fiction is a Scrabble US word. The word fiction is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

F4I1C3T1I1O1N1

Is fiction a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fiction is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

F4I1C3T1I1O1N1

Is fiction a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word fiction is a Words With Friends word. The word fiction is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4I1C4T1I1O1N2

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7-letter words (1 found)

FICTION,

6-letter words (2 found)

CONFIT,FINITO,

5-letter words (4 found)

FICIN,IONIC,ONTIC,TONIC,

4-letter words (21 found)

CION,CITO,COFT,COIF,COIN,COIT,CONF,CONI,FICO,FINI,FINO,FOCI,FOIN,FONT,ICON,INFO,INTI,INTO,OINT,OTIC,TIFO,

3-letter words (14 found)

CIT,CON,COT,FIN,FIT,FON,ION,NIT,NOT,OFT,TIC,TIN,TOC,TON,

2-letter words (10 found)

IF,IN,IO,IT,NO,OF,OI,ON,TI,TO,

You can make 52 words from fiction according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of fiction

fiction

Etymology

From Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion (“dissimulation, ruse, invention”), from Latin fictiō (“a making, fashioning, a feigning, a rhetorical or legal fiction”), from fingō (“to form, mold, shape, devise, feign”). Displaced native Old English lēasspell (literally “false story”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: fĭk′-shən, IPA(key): /ˈfɪk.ʃən/
  • Hyphenation: fic‧tion
  • Rhymes: -ɪkʃən

Noun

fiction (countable and uncountable, plural fictions)

  1. (literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
  2. A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).
  3. (law) A legal fiction.

Synonyms

  • fabrication
  • figment

Antonyms

  • documentary
  • fact
  • non-fiction
  • truth

Hyponyms

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Irish: ficsean
  • → Scottish Gaelic: ficsean

Translations

Further reading

  • “fiction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “fiction”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “fiction”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • "fiction" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 134.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin fictionem (nominative of fictio).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fik.sjɔ̃/

Noun

fiction f (plural fictions)

  1. fiction

Related terms

  • fictif
  • science-fiction

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org