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Is influence a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word influence is a Scrabble US word. The word influence is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is influence a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word influence is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Is influence a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word influence is a Words With Friends word. The word influence is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

INFLUENCE,

7-letter words (5 found)

FLUENCE,FUNICLE,LEUCINE,NUCLEIN,UNFENCE,

6-letter words (9 found)

FELINE,FENNEC,FENNEL,FUNNEL,LEUCIN,NUCLEI,NUNCLE,UNFINE,UNLINE,

5-letter words (10 found)

CLINE,CUNEI,ELFIN,ENNUI,FENCE,INCEL,INCLE,LINEN,NIECE,UNCLE,

4-letter words (36 found)

CEIL,CIEL,CINE,CLEF,CLUE,CUIF,EINE,ENUF,FEEL,FEEN,FENI,FICE,FILE,FINE,FLEE,FLIC,FLUE,FUCI,FUEL,LICE,LIEF,LIEN,LIEU,LIFE,LINE,LINN,LUCE,LUNE,NEIF,NENE,NICE,NIEF,NIFE,NINE,UNCE,UNCI,

3-letter words (31 found)

CEE,CEL,CUE,ECU,EEL,EEN,ELF,ENE,FEE,FEN,FEU,FIE,FIL,FIN,FLU,FUN,ICE,INN,LEE,LEI,LEU,LIE,LIN,LUN,NEE,NEF,NIE,NIL,NUN,ULE,UNI,

2-letter words (12 found)

EE,EF,EL,EN,FE,FU,IF,IN,LI,NE,NU,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 105 words from influence according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of influence

influence

Etymology

From Middle English influence, from Old French influence (“emanation from the stars affecting one's fate”), from Medieval Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns (“flowing in”), present active participle of īnfluō (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + fluō (“flow”). Doublet of influenza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪn.flu.əns/
  • Hyphenation: in‧flu‧ence
  • (US, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ɪnˈflu.əns/

Noun

influence (countable and uncountable, plural influences)

  1. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
  2. An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
  3. A person or thing exerting such power or action.
  4. (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
  5. (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
  6. (electricity) Electrostatic induction.

Usage notes

  • Adjectives often applied to "influence": cultural, political, social, economic, military, personal, moral, intellectual, mental, good, bad, positive, negative, beneficial, harmful, huge, big, heavy, significant, important, potential, actual, primary.

Hyponyms

  • social influence

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Verb

influence (third-person singular simple present influences, present participle influencing, simple past and past participle influenced)

  1. (transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
    The politician wants to influence the public.
    I must admit that this book influenced my outlook on life.
  2. (intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

Derived terms

  • influenceable
  • influencer
  • influencive

Related terms

  • influent
  • influential
  • influenza, flu

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French influence, borrowed from Medieval Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns (“flowing in”), present active participle of īnfluō (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + fluō (“flow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.fly.ɑ̃s/

Noun

influence f (plural influences)

  1. influence

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Verb

influence

  1. inflection of influencer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns (“flowing in”), present active participle of īnfluō (“flow into”).

Noun

influence oblique singular, f (oblique plural influences, nominative singular influence, nominative plural influences)

  1. inundation; flooding; influx of water
  2. influence, especially viewed as a mystical force affecting one's fate

Descendants

  • → English: influence
  • French: influence

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (influence, supplement)

Source: wiktionary.org