LENITION is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LENITION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LENITION?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LENITION is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LENITION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lenitionsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LENITION scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LENITION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LENITION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LENITION mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A sound change in which a consonant becomes weaker, for example by turning a stop into a fricative.
Linguists use lenition for the softening of consonants, which is a central feature of Celtic languages such as Irish and Welsh. There the first sound of a word changes depending on the word before it, so lenition shows up directly in spelling.
How LENITION is used
Lenition is a term from phonetics and historical linguistics, often discussed with Celtic languages.
- In Irish, lenition changes how the first letter of a word is pronounced.
- The linguist explained lenition with examples from Welsh.
- Spanish shows lenition in the way some consonants soften between vowels.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LENITION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LENITION
1 longer words begin with LENITION.
Shorter words from the letters in LENITION
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Common questions about LENITION
- Is LENITION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LENITION, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LENITION worth?
- LENITION is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LENITION mean?
- A sound change in which a consonant becomes weaker, for example by turning a stop into a fricative.
- What letters can be added to LENITION?
- LENITION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LENITION:
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