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Is oblivion a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word oblivion is a Scrabble US word. The word oblivion is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is oblivion a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word oblivion is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Is oblivion a Words With Friends word?

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

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8-letter words (1 found)

OBLIVION,

6-letter words (1 found)

VIOLIN,

5-letter words (3 found)

BLINI,OBOLI,OVOLI,

4-letter words (18 found)

BLIN,BOIL,BOLO,BOOL,BOON,LINO,LION,LOBI,LOBO,LOIN,LOON,NOIL,NOLO,NOOB,OBOL,OLIO,VINO,VIOL,

3-letter words (21 found)

BIN,BIO,BOI,BON,BOO,ION,LIB,LIN,LOB,LOO,NIB,NIL,NOB,NOO,OBI,OBO,OIL,ONO,OON,VIN,VOL,

2-letter words (11 found)

BI,BO,IN,IO,LI,LO,NO,OB,OI,ON,OO,

You can make 55 words from oblivion according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of oblivion

oblivion

Etymology

From Middle English oblivion, from Anglo-Norman oblivion, from Latin oblīviō (“forgetfulness”), from oblivisci (“to forget”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: əblĭvʹēən, IPA(key): /əˈblɪviːən/

Noun

oblivion (usually uncountable, plural oblivions)

  1. The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
  2. The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
  3. A form of purgatory.
  4. (obsolete) Amnesty.

Synonyms

  • forgetness

Related terms

  • obliviate, obliviation, oblivious

Translations

See also

  • obliteration

Verb

oblivion (third-person singular simple present oblivions, present participle oblivioning, simple past and past participle oblivioned)

  1. (transitive) To consign to oblivion; to efface utterly.

Further reading

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • oblivioun, oblyvyon, oblyvyone, oblyvyoun

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman oblivion, from Latin oblīviō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔbˈliviun/, /ɔbˈliːviun/

Noun

oblivion (uncountable) (Late Middle English)

  1. oblivion (state of forgetting completely)
  2. oblivion (state of being forgotten)

Related terms

  • oblivious

Descendants

  • English: oblivion

References

  • “oblī̆viǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oblīviō.

Noun

oblivion oblique singular, f (oblique plural oblivions, nominative singular oblivion, nominative plural oblivions)

  1. forgetfulness

Descendants

  • → Middle English: oblivion, oblivioun, oblyvyon, oblyvyone, oblyvyoun
    • English: oblivion

References

  • oblivion on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Source: wiktionary.org