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Is pollution a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pollution is a Scrabble US word. The word pollution is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is pollution a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pollution is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

P3O1L1L1U1T1I1O1N1

Is pollution a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word pollution is a Words With Friends word. The word pollution is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

POLLUTION,

7-letter words (2 found)

OUTPOLL,PULTOON,

6-letter words (11 found)

LINTOL,LOTION,LOUPIT,OILNUT,OPTION,PLUTON,PONTIL,POTION,PULTON,TOLUOL,ULTION,

5-letter words (22 found)

INPUT,LUPIN,NOOIT,PILOT,PINOT,PINTO,PITON,PLUOT,PLUTO,POILU,POINT,POLIO,POTIN,POULT,PULLI,PUNTO,PUTON,TOPOI,TULIP,UNLIT,UNTIL,UPLIT,

4-letter words (60 found)

INTO,LILO,LILT,LINO,LINT,LION,LIPO,LITU,LOIN,LOON,LOOP,LOOT,LOTI,LOTO,LOUN,LOUP,LOUT,LUIT,LUNT,NILL,NOIL,NOLL,NOLO,NOOP,NOUL,NOUP,NOUT,NULL,OINT,OLIO,ONTO,OONT,PILL,PINT,PION,PLOT,POLL,POLO,POLT,PONT,POOL,POON,POOT,POUT,PTUI,PULI,PULL,PUNT,TILL,TOIL,TOLL,TOLU,TOOL,TOON,TOPI,TOPO,TOUN,UNIT,UNTO,UPON,

3-letter words (46 found)

ILL,ION,LIN,LIP,LIT,LOO,LOP,LOT,LOU,LUN,NIL,NIP,NIT,NOO,NOT,NUT,OIL,ONO,OON,OOP,OOT,OPT,OUP,OUT,PIN,PIT,PIU,PLU,POI,POL,POO,POT,PUL,PUN,PUT,TIL,TIN,TIP,TON,TOO,TOP,TUI,TUN,TUP,UNI,UPO,

2-letter words (19 found)

IN,IO,IT,LI,LO,NO,NU,OI,ON,OO,OP,OU,PI,PO,TI,TO,UN,UP,UT,

You can make 161 words from pollution according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pollution

pollution

Etymology

From Middle English pollucion, from Anglo-Norman pollutiun, Middle French pollution, pollucion, and their source, post-classical Latin pollūtiō (“defilement, desecration; nocturnal emission”) (4th century), from the participial stem of polluō (“to soil, defile, contaminate”), from por- (“before”) + -luō (“to smear”), related to lutum (“mud”) and luēs (“filth”). Compare Ancient Greek λῦμα (lûma, “filth, dirt, disgrace”) and λῦμαξ (lûmax, “rubbish, refuse”), Old Irish loth (“mud, dirt”), Lithuanian lutynas (“pool, puddle”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pəˈl(j)uːʃən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pəˈluʃən/

Noun

pollution (countable and uncountable, plural pollutions)

  1. Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. [from 18th c.]
  2. Something that pollutes; a pollutant. [from 17th c.]
  3. (now rare) The desecration of something holy or sacred; defilement, profanation. [from 14th c.]
  4. (now archaic) The ejaculation of semen outside of sexual intercourse, especially a nocturnal emission. [from 14th c.]
  5. Moral or spiritual corruption; impurity, degradation, defilement. [from 15th c.]

Synonyms

  • soilage

Antonyms

  • conservation
  • purity

Hyponyms

  • (ejaculation): self-pollution, nocturnal emission, coitus interruptus

Derived terms

Related terms

  • polluter

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pollūtiōnem. By surface analysis, polluer +‎ -tion.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ.ly.sjɔ̃/

Noun

pollution f (plural pollutions)

  1. pollution
    Synonyms: profanation, souillure
    pollution nocturne ― wet dream (literally, “nocturnal pollution”)

Derived terms

  • pollution lumineuse
  • pollution sonore

Related terms

  • polluant
  • pollutif

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org