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Is frisson a Scrabble word?

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

F4R1I1S1S1O1N1

Is frisson a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word frisson is a Words With Friends word. The word frisson is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

FRISSON,

6-letter words (1 found)

ROSINS,

5-letter words (12 found)

FINOS,FIRNS,FOINS,FRONS,INFOS,IRONS,NOIRS,NORIS,ORNIS,ROINS,ROSIN,SORNS,

4-letter words (26 found)

FINO,FINS,FIRN,FIRS,FOIN,FONS,FOSS,FRIS,FROS,INFO,INRO,IONS,IRON,ISOS,NOIR,NORI,ORFS,RIFS,RINS,ROIN,SINS,SIRS,SONS,SORI,SORN,SRIS,

3-letter words (26 found)

FIN,FIR,FON,FOR,FRO,IFS,INS,ION,IOS,ISO,NIS,NOR,NOS,OIS,ONS,ORF,ORS,RIF,RIN,SIF,SIN,SIR,SIS,SON,SOS,SRI,

2-letter words (12 found)

IF,IN,IO,IS,NO,OF,OI,ON,OR,OS,SI,SO,

You can make 78 words from frisson according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of frisson

frisson

Etymology

Borrowed from French frisson.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɹiː.sɔ̃ː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /fɹiˈsoʊn/, /fɹiˈsõʊn/
  • Rhymes: (US) -oʊn

Noun

frisson (plural frissons)

  1. A sudden surge of excitement.
  2. A shiver; a thrill.

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  • Frisons

French

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin *frīctiōnem, from Latin frīgeō (“to be cold”). Unrelated to the Classical Latin frictiō, borrowed as French friction.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁi.sɔ̃/

Noun

frisson m (plural frissons)

  1. a shiver or thrill of fright that can be strangely pleasurable, as when reading good horror fiction
  2. an experience of intense excitement

Related terms

  • froid

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • frisons

Source: wiktionary.org