What ADOPTION Means
- noun: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception“its adoption by society”
- noun: a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ADOPTION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 D2 O1 P3 T1 I1 O1 N1.
Words Made From The Letters In ADOPTION
159 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
7 letter words (2)
6 letter words (4)
5 letter words (26)
ADOPTDAINTDANIODIOTADOONAIDANTINAPTNAPOONOOITOOTIDPAINTPANTOPATINPATIOPIANOPINOTPINTAPINTOPITONPODIAPOINDPOINTPOTINTONDITONDOTOPOI
4 letter words (46)
ADITANTIAPODATOPDANTDATODINODINTDIPTDITADOATDOITDONADOONDOPAINTOIOTANAOINIPANODINOOPNOTAOINTONTOOONTPADIPAIDPAINPANDPANTPIANPINAPINTPIONPITAPONDPONTPOOTTAINTIANTINATINDTOADTOONTOPITOPO
3 letter words (57)
ADOAIDAINAITANDANIANTAPOAPTDANDAPDINDIPDITDONDOODOPDOTIONITANAPNATNIDNIPNITNODNOONOTOATODAONOOONOOPOOTOPTPADPANPATPIAPINPITPOAPODPOIPOTTADTAITANTAOTAPTIDTINTIPTODTONTOOTOP
2 letter words (24)
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