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Is scansion a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word scansion is a Scrabble US word. The word scansion is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

S1C3A1N1S1I1O1N1

Is scansion a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word scansion is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

S1C3A1N1S1I1O1N1

Is scansion a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word scansion is a Words With Friends word. The word scansion is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1C4A1N2S1I1O1N2

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8-letter words (1 found)

SCANSION,

7-letter words (4 found)

CAISSON,CASINOS,CASSINO,NASIONS,

6-letter words (10 found)

ANIONS,ASCONS,CANONS,CANSOS,CASINO,CONIAS,CONINS,NASION,SCIONS,SONICS,

5-letter words (25 found)

ANCON,ANION,ASCON,CAINS,CANNS,CANON,CANSO,CIONS,COINS,CONIA,CONIN,CONNS,ICONS,NANOS,NONAS,NONIS,OASIS,OSSIA,SAICS,SAINS,SASIN,SCANS,SCION,SOCAS,SONIC,

4-letter words (41 found)

AINS,ANIS,ANNO,ANNS,ANON,ASCI,CAIN,CANN,CANS,CIAO,CION,COIN,CONI,CONN,CONS,COSS,ICON,INNS,IONS,ISNA,ISOS,NAIN,NANO,NANS,NAOI,NAOS,NONA,NONI,OCAS,OSSA,SACS,SAIC,SAIN,SAIS,SANS,SCAN,SICS,SINS,SOCA,SOCS,SONS,

3-letter words (32 found)

AIN,AIS,ANI,ANN,ANS,ASS,CAN,CIS,CON,COS,INN,INS,ION,IOS,ISO,NAN,NAS,NIS,NON,NOS,OCA,OIS,ONS,SAC,SAI,SAN,SIC,SIN,SIS,SOC,SON,SOS,

2-letter words (13 found)

AI,AN,AS,IN,IO,IS,NA,NO,OI,ON,OS,SI,SO,

You can make 126 words from scansion according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of scansion

scansion

Etymology

From Late Latin scansiōnem, accusative singular of scansiō (“the act of climbing”), from scandō (“I climb”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General American) IPA(key): /ˈskæn.ʃən/

Noun

scansion (countable and uncountable, plural scansions)

  1. The rhythm or meter of a line or verse.
  2. The act of analysing the meter of poetry.

Verb

scansion (third-person singular simple present scansions, present participle scansioning, simple past and past participle scansioned)

  1. (of text) Put into a rhythmic form or meter.
  2. (by extension) Impose patterns on.

Related terms

  • scan

Translations

Anagrams

  • Cansinos, Cnossian

French

Pronunciation

Noun

scansion f (plural scansions)

  1. scansion (act or instance of scanning poetry)

Related terms

  • scander

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org