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Is tumescence a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tumescence is a Scrabble US word. The word tumescence is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is tumescence a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tumescence is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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Is tumescence a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tumescence is a Words With Friends word. The word tumescence is worth 21 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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10-letter words (1 found)

TUMESCENCE,

8-letter words (2 found)

CUTSCENE,ECUMENES,

7-letter words (6 found)

CEMENTS,CENTUMS,ECUMENE,EMEUTES,MENTEES,TUMESCE,

6-letter words (15 found)

CEMENT,CENTUM,CTENES,CUMECS,EMCEES,EMEUTE,ESTEEM,MENTEE,MESTEE,MUSTEE,NEUMES,TEENES,TEMENE,TENUES,UNMEET,

5-letter words (53 found)

CECUM,CENSE,CENTS,CENTU,CETES,CTENE,CUMEC,CUNTS,CUSEC,CUTES,EMCEE,EMEUS,ENSUE,ETENS,MEETS,MENES,MENSE,MENUS,MESNE,METES,MEUSE,MUNTS,MUSET,MUTES,NEEMS,NEESE,NETES,NEUME,NEUMS,SCENE,SCENT,SCUTE,SEMEE,SEMEN,SENTE,STEEM,STEEN,STEME,SUENT,SUETE,TEEMS,TEENE,TEENS,TEMES,TEMSE,TENES,TENSE,TENUE,TUNES,UNCES,UNMET,UNSEE,UNSET,

4-letter words (69 found)

CEES,CENS,CENT,CETE,CUES,CUMS,CUNT,CUTE,CUTS,ECCE,ECUS,EMES,EMEU,EMUS,ENES,ENTS,ESNE,ETEN,MEES,MEET,MENE,MENT,MENU,MESE,METE,METS,MEUS,MUNS,MUNT,MUSE,MUST,MUTE,MUTS,NEEM,NEST,NETE,NETS,NEUM,NUTS,SCUM,SCUT,SECT,SEEM,SEEN,SEME,SENE,SENT,SMEE,SMUT,SNEE,STEM,STEN,STUM,STUN,SUET,TECS,TEEM,TEEN,TEES,TEME,TEMS,TENE,TENS,TUMS,TUNE,TUNS,UMES,UNCE,UTES,

3-letter words (43 found)

CEE,CUE,CUM,CUT,ECU,EEN,EME,EMS,EMU,ENE,ENS,EST,MEE,MEN,MES,MET,MEU,MUN,MUS,MUT,NEE,NET,NUS,NUT,SEC,SEE,SEN,SET,SUE,SUM,SUN,TEC,TEE,TEN,TES,TUM,TUN,UME,UMS,UNS,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (15 found)

EE,EM,EN,ES,ET,ME,MU,NE,NU,ST,TE,UM,UN,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 205 words from tumescence according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tumescence

tumescence

Etymology

First attested 1725, from French tumescence, from Latin tumescēns (“swelling”), present participle of tumēscō (“I begin to swell”), from tumeō (“I swell”) + -ēscō (“I become”) (English -esce, in this form -escence), stem from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- (“to be swelling”), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tjuːˈmɛsəns/

Noun

tumescence (countable and uncountable, plural tumescences)

  1. A swelling due to the presence of fluid.
  2. A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue.

Synonyms

  • tumidity
  • turgescence
  • turgidity
  • turgor

Derived terms

  • detumescence
  • nocturnal penile tumescence

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French

Noun

tumescence f (plural tumescences)

  1. tumescence

Derived terms

  • détumescence
  • intumescence

Further reading

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

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