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Is function a Scrabble word?

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

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Is function a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is function a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word function is a Words With Friends word. The word function is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

FUNCTION,

7-letter words (1 found)

UNCTION,

6-letter words (2 found)

CONFIT,NUNCIO,

5-letter words (15 found)

CONIN,COUNT,CUNIT,CUTIN,FOUNT,FUTON,INCUT,NITON,NOINT,ONTIC,TONIC,TUNIC,UNFIT,UNION,UNTIN,

4-letter words (33 found)

CION,CITO,COFT,COIF,COIN,COIT,CONF,CONI,CONN,CUIF,CUIT,CUNT,FICO,FINO,FOCI,FOIN,FONT,FUCI,ICON,INFO,INTO,NONI,NOUN,NOUT,OINT,OTIC,TIFO,TOFU,TOUN,UNCI,UNCO,UNIT,UNTO,

3-letter words (26 found)

CIT,CON,COT,CUT,FIN,FIT,FON,FOU,FUN,INN,ION,NIT,NON,NOT,NUN,NUT,OFT,OUT,TIC,TIN,TOC,TON,TUI,TUN,UFO,UNI,

2-letter words (15 found)

FU,IF,IN,IO,IT,NO,NU,OF,OI,ON,OU,TI,TO,UN,UT,

You can make 93 words from function according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of function

function

Etymology

From Middle French function, from Old French fonction, from Latin functiō (“performance, execution”), from functus, perfect participle of fungor (“to perform, execute, discharge”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃən/, /ˈfʌŋkʃn̩/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfʌŋkʃən/, [ˈfʌŋkʃɪ̈n], [ˈfʌŋkʃn̩]
  • Hyphenation: func‧tion
  • Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən

Noun

function (plural functions)

  2. What something does or is used for.
    Synonyms: aim, intention, purpose, role, use
  4. A professional or official position.
    Synonyms: occupation, office, part, role
  6. An official or social occasion.
    Synonyms: affair, occasion, social occasion, social function
    1. (slang) A party.
  8. Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
  10. A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
  12. (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
    Synonyms: map, mapping, mathematical function, operator, transformation
    Hypernyms: relation, morphism
  14. (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
    Synonyms: procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine, func, funct
  16. (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
  18. (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
  20. (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.

Hyponyms

  • subfunction
  • (chemistry): acidity function
  • (psychology): executive ego function
  • (signal processing): spectral density function/spectral function
  • (systems theory): control function

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References

  • function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

function (third-person singular simple present functions, present participle functioning, simple past and past participle functioned)

  1. (intransitive) To have a function.
    Synonyms: officiate, serve
  2. (intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action.
    Synonyms: go, operate, run, work
    Antonym: malfunction

Related terms

  • functional
  • dysfunction, dysfunctional

Translations

Middle French

Noun

function f (plural functions)

  1. function (what something's intended use is)

Descendants

  • → English: function
  • French: fonction

Source: wiktionary.org