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Is ration a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ration is a Scrabble US word. The word ration is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is ration a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ration is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

R1A1T1I1O1N1

Is ration a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ration is a Words With Friends word. The word ration is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1A1T1I1O1N2

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6-letter words (2 found)

AROINT,RATION,

5-letter words (12 found)

ARIOT,INTRA,INTRO,NITRO,NORIA,ORANT,RATIO,RIANT,ROTAN,TORAN,TRAIN,TRONA,

4-letter words (37 found)

AIRN,AIRT,ANTI,ARTI,INRO,INTO,IOTA,IRON,NAOI,NOIR,NORI,NOTA,OINT,RAIN,RAIT,RANI,RANT,RATO,RIOT,ROAN,ROIN,RONT,ROTA,ROTI,TAIN,TARN,TARO,TIAN,TIAR,TINA,TIRO,TORA,TORI,TORN,TRIN,TRIO,TRON,

3-letter words (30 found)

AIN,AIR,AIT,ANI,ANT,ART,ION,ITA,NAT,NIT,NOR,NOT,OAR,OAT,ORA,ORT,RAI,RAN,RAT,RIA,RIN,RIT,ROT,TAI,TAN,TAO,TAR,TIN,TON,TOR,

2-letter words (15 found)

AI,AN,AR,AT,IN,IO,IT,NA,NO,OI,ON,OR,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 96 words from ration according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ration

ration

Etymology

From French ration. Doublet of reason and ratio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹæʃən/, enPR: răshʹən
  • Rhymes: -æʃən

Noun

ration (plural rations)

  1. A portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.

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Verb

ration (third-person singular simple present rations, present participle rationing, simple past and past participle rationed)

  1. (transitive) To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
    We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued.
  2. (transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
    By the third day on the raft, we had to ration our water.
  3. (transitive) To restrict (an activity etc.)
    Our present health care system is rationed only to those who can afford it because of unnecessary high cost, lack of insurance coverage by 47 million people, and exorbitant prescription prices.

Synonyms

  • Hooverize

Derived terms

  • deration

Translations

Anagrams

  • -inator, Natori, Nortia, Onrait, Torain, Torian, Triano, Troian, aroint

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ratiō. Doublet of raison, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.sjɔ̃/

Noun

ration f (plural rations)

  1. ration

Derived terms

  • rationner
    • rationnement

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • trônai

Interlingua

Noun

ration (plural rationes)

  1. ratio, proportion

Source: wiktionary.org