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Is torsion a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word torsion is a Scrabble US word. The word torsion is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is torsion a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word torsion is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Yes. The word torsion is a Words With Friends word. The word torsion is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (3 found)

ISOTRON,NITROSO,TORSION,

6-letter words (8 found)

INTROS,NITROS,NOSTOI,NOSTRO,ORISON,ROTONS,TOISON,TONSOR,

5-letter words (35 found)

INTRO,IRONS,NITRO,NOIRS,NOOIT,NORIS,OINTS,OONTS,ORNIS,RIOTS,ROINS,ROIST,RONTS,ROONS,ROOST,ROOTS,ROSIN,ROSIT,ROSTI,ROTIS,ROTON,ROTOS,SNIRT,SNOOT,SNORT,STOOR,TIROS,TOONS,TOROS,TORSI,TORSO,TRINS,TRIOS,TROIS,TRONS,

4-letter words (46 found)

INRO,INTO,IONS,IRON,NITS,NOIR,NORI,OINT,ONOS,ONST,ONTO,OONS,OONT,OOTS,ORTS,RINS,RIOT,RITS,ROIN,RONT,ROON,ROOS,ROOT,ROST,ROTI,ROTO,ROTS,SNIT,SNOT,SOON,SOOT,SORI,SORN,SORT,STIR,TINS,TIRO,TONS,TOON,TORI,TORN,TORO,TORS,TRIN,TRIO,TRON,

3-letter words (35 found)

INS,ION,IOS,ISO,ITS,NIS,NIT,NOO,NOR,NOS,NOT,OIS,ONO,ONS,OON,OOR,OOS,OOT,ORS,ORT,RIN,RIT,ROO,ROT,SIN,SIR,SIT,SON,SOT,SRI,TIN,TIS,TON,TOO,TOR,

2-letter words (15 found)

IN,IO,IS,IT,NO,OI,ON,OO,OR,OS,SI,SO,ST,TI,TO,

You can make 142 words from torsion according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of torsion

torsion

Etymology

Borrowed from French, from Late Latin torsio, torsionem, from Latin tortio, from torqueō (“twist, turn”). See torture, -tort.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɔː.ʃən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtor.ʃɪn/, /ˈtor.ʒɪn/, /ˈtor.ʃən/, /ˈtor.ʒən/

Noun

torsion (countable and uncountable, plural torsions)

  1. The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
  2. (mathematics) A finite order element of a group that, when raised to a positive integer power results in the identity element of the group.
  3. (mathematics) An element of a homology or cohomology group for which there exists a non-zero integer that, when the element is multiplied by that integer, yields zero.
  4. (medicine) A type of holistic complimentary medicine that involves balancing theoretical energy fields through energy healing, meditation, and similar practices.
  5. (mechanics) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.
  6. (surgery) The stopping of arterial haemorrhage in certain cases, by twisting the cut end of the artery.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • torque, torse, tortuosity, tortuousness

Translations

See also

  • volvulus

Anagrams

  • Sortino, isotron, nitroso

Finnish

Noun

torsion

  1. genitive singular of torsio

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin torsiōnem, from Latin tortiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔʁ.sjɔ̃/

Noun

torsion f (plural torsions)

  1. torsion; act of turning or twisting

Derived terms

  • angle de torsion
  • ressort de torsion
  • barre de torsion

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • rotions

Source: wiktionary.org