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Is inversion a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word inversion is a Scrabble US word. The word inversion is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is inversion a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word inversion is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is inversion a Words With Friends word?

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

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9-letter words (1 found)

INVERSION,

8-letter words (4 found)

ENVIRONS,ENVISION,REVISION,VISIONER,

7-letter words (14 found)

ENVIRON,ENVIROS,INOSINE,IONISER,IRONIES,IRONISE,IVORIES,NOISIER,RENVOIS,RONNIES,VENISON,VERSION,VIRINOS,VIRIONS,

6-letter words (26 found)

ENVIRO,ENVOIS,INIONS,INNERS,IONISE,IRONES,NINERS,NOSIER,OVINES,RENINS,RENVOI,RONINS,RONNIE,SENIOR,SINNER,SONERI,VENINS,VERSIN,VINERS,VINIER,VIREOS,VIRINO,VIRION,VIROSE,VISIER,VISION,

5-letter words (60 found)

ENVOI,EOSIN,INION,INNER,IRONE,IRONS,IVIES,NEONS,NINER,NINES,NISEI,NOIRS,NOISE,NONES,NONIS,NORIS,NOSER,ONERS,ORNIS,OSIER,OVENS,OVERS,OVINE,REINS,RENIN,RENOS,RESIN,RINES,RINSE,RISEN,RIVEN,RIVES,ROINS,RONES,RONIN,RONNE,ROSIN,ROVEN,ROVES,SENOR,SERIN,SERON,SERVO,SIREN,SIVER,SNORE,SONNE,VEINS,VENIN,VERSO,VIERS,VINER,VINES,VINOS,VIREO,VIRES,VISIE,VISNE,VISON,VISOR,

4-letter words (63 found)

EONS,ERNS,EROS,EVOS,INNS,INRO,IONS,IRES,IRIS,IRON,NEON,NEVI,NIES,NINE,NISI,NOES,NOIR,NONE,NONI,NORI,NOSE,ONER,ONES,ONIE,ORES,OVEN,OVER,REIN,REIS,RENO,RENS,REOS,REVS,RINE,RINS,RISE,RIVE,RIVO,ROES,ROIN,RONE,ROSE,ROVE,SEIR,SIEN,SINE,SIRE,SIRI,SONE,SORE,SORI,SORN,VEIN,VERS,VIER,VIES,VINE,VINO,VINS,VIRE,VISE,VOES,VORS,

3-letter words (44 found)

ENS,EON,ERN,ERS,EVO,INN,INS,ION,IOS,IRE,ISO,NIE,NIS,NON,NOR,NOS,OES,OIS,ONE,ONS,ORE,ORS,OSE,REI,REN,REO,RES,REV,RIN,ROE,SEI,SEN,SER,SEV,SIN,SIR,SON,SOV,SRI,VIE,VIN,VIS,VOE,VOR,

2-letter words (16 found)

EN,ER,ES,IN,IO,IS,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OR,OS,RE,SI,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 229 words from inversion according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of inversion

inversion

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɚ.ʒən/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɜː.ʃən/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʃən

Noun

inversion (countable and uncountable, plural inversions)

  1. The action of inverting.
  2. The act of being in an inverted state; being upside down, inside out, or in a reverse sequence.
  3. (music) The reversal of an interval; the move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave.
  4. (music) The position of a chord which has a note other than the root as its bass note.
  5. (music) The flipping of a melody or contrapuntal line so that high notes become low and vice versa; the reversal of a pitch contour.
  6. (genetics) A segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome.
  7. (meteorology) A situation where air temperature increases with altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air).
    Synonym: temperature inversion
  8. A section of a roller coaster where passengers are temporarily turned upside down.
  9. (grammar) Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis.
  10. (algebra) An operation on a group, analogous to negation.
  11. (psychology, obsolete) Homosexuality, particularly in early psychoanalysis.

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Translations

See also

  • twelve tone technique
  • serialism

References

  • (music) DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. →ISBN, Ch. 6.
  • (genetics) Lars Feuk, Andrew R. Carson and Stephen W. Scherer (February 2006). "Structural variation in the human genome," Nature, 7:85.
  • (genetics) Freeman et al., "Copy number variation: New insights into genome diversity" Genome Res 2006; 16: 949-61. — "DNA copy number variation has long been associated with specific chromosomal rearrangements and genomic disorders, but its ubiquity in mammalian genomes was not fully realized until recently. Although our understanding of the extent of this variation is still developing, it seems likely that, at least in humans, copy number variants (CNVs) account for a substantial amount of genetic variation."

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/

Noun

inversion f (plural inversions)

  1. inversion
  2. deviance (especially sexual)
    Synonym: déviance

Further reading

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

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian inversione

Noun

inversion f (invariable)

  1. inversion (all senses)
  2. reversal, reversing

Source: wiktionary.org