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Is nonillion a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nonillion is a Scrabble US word. The word nonillion is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

N1O1N1I1L1L1I1O1N1

Is nonillion a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nonillion is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

N1O1N1I1L1L1I1O1N1

Is nonillion a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word nonillion is a Words With Friends word. The word nonillion is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

N2O1N2I1L2L2I1O1N2

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9-letter words (1 found)

NONILLION,

5-letter words (4 found)

INION,LININ,NINON,ONION,

4-letter words (13 found)

LILO,LINN,LINO,LION,LOIN,LOON,NILL,NOIL,NOLL,NOLO,NONI,NOON,OLIO,

3-letter words (11 found)

ILL,INN,ION,LIN,LOO,NIL,NON,NOO,OIL,ONO,OON,

2-letter words (8 found)

IN,IO,LI,LO,NO,OI,ON,OO,

You can make 37 words from nonillion according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nonillion

nonillion

Etymology

non- (“nine”) +‎ -illion

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪljən

Numeral

nonillion (plural nonillions)

  1. (US, modern British & Australian, short scale) 1030.
    • 2001, Raymond E. Fowler, The Melchizedek Connection →ISBN, [books.google.co.uk/books?id=rVbXhvS6C1oC&pg=PA70#v=onepage&f=true page 70]:
      Do ya not be knowin' that there are 10 nonillion atoms within the likes of us?
    • 2012 September 21, Cecil Adams, "The Straight Dope" (syndicated column):
      Making certain bold assumptions, my assistant Una determined that chilling the sun’s core to below 10 million degrees would require an ice cube 562,000 miles on a side. If you were planning on using standard-sized cubes from your kitchen freezer, you’d need about 45 nonillion of them.
  2. (dated British & Australian, long scale) 1054.

Synonyms

  • (1030): a long scale quintillion
  • (1054): a short scale septendecillion

Translations

Noun

nonillion (plural nonillions)

  1. (hyperbolic) An unspecified very large number.
    • 2002 CE: James C. Mayer, ‘Student-Led Poetry Workshops’ (which appears in ‘The English Journal’, volume 91, number 3, ‘Teaching and Writing Poetry’)
      ‘I then looked into the zatetic forest behind it / And saw a nonillion, no, a novemdecillion of them!’.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:zillion.

Translations

See also

  • (short and long scale) Previous: octillion. Next: decillion.

French

Etymology

From non- (“nine”) +‎ -illion.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔ.ni.ljɔ̃/

Numeral

nonillion m (plural nonillions)

  1. septendecillion (1054)
  2. (dated) nonillion (1030)

Source: wiktionary.org