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Is friction a Scrabble word?

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

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Is friction a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is friction a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word friction is a Words With Friends word. The word friction is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

FRICTION,

7-letter words (3 found)

FICTION,NORITIC,TIRONIC,

6-letter words (13 found)

CITRIN,CITRON,CONFIT,CORTIN,FICTOR,FINITO,FIORIN,FORINT,FRICOT,IRONIC,NITRIC,ONIRIC,ROTINI,

5-letter words (14 found)

CORNI,CROFT,FICIN,FRONT,INTRO,IONIC,NITRO,ONTIC,ORCIN,RICIN,TONIC,TORIC,TORII,TRONC,

4-letter words (45 found)

CION,CITO,COFT,COIF,COIN,COIR,COIT,CONF,CONI,CORF,CORN,CRIT,CRON,FICO,FINI,FINO,FIRN,FOCI,FOIN,FONT,FORT,FRIT,ICON,INFO,INRO,INTI,INTO,IRON,NOIR,NORI,OINT,OTIC,RIFT,RIOT,ROIN,RONT,ROTI,TIFO,TIRO,TORC,TORI,TORN,TRIN,TRIO,TRON,

3-letter words (28 found)

CIT,CON,COR,COT,FIN,FIR,FIT,FON,FOR,FRO,ION,NIT,NOR,NOT,OFT,ORC,ORF,ORT,RIF,RIN,RIT,ROC,ROT,TIC,TIN,TOC,TON,TOR,

2-letter words (11 found)

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

You can make 115 words from friction according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of friction

friction

Etymology

From Middle French friction and directly from Latin frictionem, nom. frictio (“a rubbing, rubbing down”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɹɪkʃən̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɪkʃən

Noun

friction (usually uncountable, plural frictions)

  1. The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
  3. (physics) A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.
  4. (medicine, obsolete, countable) Massage of the body to restore circulation.
  5. (figuratively) Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash.
  6. (China, historical) (Second Sino-Japanese War) Conflict, as between the Communists and non-Hanjian Kuomintang forces.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • frictive
  • frictional
  • frictious
  • fray
  • fricative
  • affricate
  • dentifrice

Translations

See also

  • tribology
  • lubrication

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin frictiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁik.sjɔ̃/

Noun

friction f (plural frictions)

  1. friction: the rubbing, the conflict or the physics force

Descendants

  • → Turkish: friksiyon

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Noun

friction (uncountable)

  1. friction

Source: wiktionary.org