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Is meltdown a Scrabble word?

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

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Is meltdown a Scrabble UK word?

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

M3E1L1T1D2O1W4N1

Is meltdown a Words With Friends word?

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

M4E1L2T1D2O1W4N2

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8-letter words (1 found)

MELTDOWN,

7-letter words (1 found)

LETDOWN,

6-letter words (10 found)

DOLENT,DOLMEN,DOWLNE,LOMENT,LOWNED,LOWTED,MELTON,MOLTED,MOLTEN,WONTED,

5-letter words (35 found)

DEMON,DOWEL,DOWLE,DWELT,ENDOW,LEMON,LENTO,LODEN,LOMED,LOWED,LOWND,LOWNE,MELON,MENTO,METOL,MODEL,MOLED,MONDE,MONTE,MOTED,MOTEL,MOTEN,MOWED,NOTED,NOWED,OLDEN,OLENT,OWLED,OWLET,OWNED,TOLED,TONED,TOWED,TOWEL,WOMEN,

4-letter words (64 found)

DELO,DELT,DEMO,DENT,DOEN,DOLE,DOLT,DOME,DONE,DOTE,DOWL,DOWN,DOWT,ENOL,ENOW,LEND,LENO,LENT,LEWD,LODE,LOME,LONE,LOTE,LOWE,LOWN,LOWT,MELD,MELT,MEND,MENO,MENT,MEOW,MEWL,MODE,MOLD,MOLE,MOLT,MOTE,MOWN,NEWT,NODE,NOEL,NOLE,NOME,NOTE,NOWL,NOWT,OLDE,OMEN,OWED,TELD,TEND,TOED,TOLD,TOLE,TOME,TONE,TOWN,WELD,WELT,WEND,WENT,WOLD,WONT,

3-letter words (66 found)

DEL,DEN,DEW,DOE,DOL,DOM,DON,DOT,DOW,ELD,ELM,ELT,EMO,END,EON,EWT,LED,LET,LEW,LOD,LOT,LOW,MED,MEL,MEN,MET,MEW,MOD,MOE,MOL,MON,MOT,MOW,NED,NET,NEW,NOD,NOM,NOT,NOW,ODE,OLD,OLE,OLM,ONE,OWE,OWL,OWN,OWT,TED,TEL,TEN,TEW,TOD,TOE,TOM,TON,TOW,TWO,WED,WEM,WEN,WET,WOE,WON,WOT,

2-letter words (22 found)

DE,DO,ED,EL,EM,EN,ET,EW,LO,ME,MO,NE,NO,OD,OE,OM,ON,OW,TE,TO,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 200 words from meltdown according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of meltdown

meltdown

Etymology

Deverbal from melt down.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: melt‧down

Noun

meltdown (countable and uncountable, plural meltdowns)

  1. Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.
    Four years have passed since the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, but the grim legacy of the Soviet catastrophe is still unfolding. [1]
  2. A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.
    Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall. [2]
  3. (psychology) A response to stress or sensory overload, in which the person is overwhelmed by intense, seemingly disproportionate emotions, behaving erratically and becoming unable to mask.
    • 2016, Laura, quoted in Wenn Lawson & Kirsty Dempster-Rivett, The Guide to Good Mental Health on the Autism Spectrum, page 26:
      Now if I am really anxious, I can take a moment to think about what is making me anxious and what to do about it; before I would just spiral into a meltdown really quickly, with no understanding of why.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:meltdown.
  4. (informal) A tantrum or emotional outburst.

Synonyms

  • (tantrum): see Thesaurus:tantrum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: メルトダウン (merutodaun)

Translations

See also

  • China syndrome

Source: wiktionary.org