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Is intonation a Scrabble word?

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

I1N1T1O1N1A1T1I1O1N1

Is intonation a Scrabble UK word?

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

I1N1T1O1N1A1T1I1O1N1

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Yes. The word intonation is a Words With Friends word. The word intonation is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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10-letter words (1 found)

INTONATION,

8-letter words (1 found)

NOTATION,

7-letter words (1 found)

NOTITIA,

6-letter words (7 found)

ANOINT,NATION,NOTION,TANNIN,TITIAN,TOITOI,TONANT,

5-letter words (12 found)

ANION,INION,INNIT,NINON,NITON,NOINT,NOOIT,ONION,TAINT,TANTI,TANTO,TITAN,

4-letter words (28 found)

ANNO,ANON,ANTI,INIA,INTI,INTO,IOTA,NAIN,NANO,NAOI,NONA,NONI,NOON,NOTA,NOTT,OINT,ONTO,OONT,OTTO,TAIN,TAIT,TIAN,TINA,TINT,TITI,TOIT,TOON,TOOT,

3-letter words (28 found)

AIN,AIT,ANI,ANN,ANT,ATT,INN,ION,ITA,NAN,NAT,NIT,NON,NOO,NOT,OAT,ONO,OON,OOT,TAI,TAN,TAO,TAT,TIN,TIT,TON,TOO,TOT,

2-letter words (14 found)

AI,AN,AT,IN,IO,IT,NA,NO,OI,ON,OO,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 92 words from intonation according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of intonation

intonation

Etymology

From French intonation, from Medieval Latin intonatio, from intonō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

intonation (countable and uncountable, plural intonations)

  1. (linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
  2. Emotive stress used to increase the power of delivery in speech.
  3. A sound made by, or resembling that made by, a musical instrument.
  4. Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.
    Her intonation was false.
  5. Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.

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References

  • “intonation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “intonation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

intonation f (plural intonations)

  1. intonation (all senses)

Further reading

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

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