excoriation
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 20
- Words With Friends
- 22
- Letters
- 11
/ˈɛks.kɔ.ɹi.eɪʃən/
Definition of excoriation
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)The act of excoriating or flaying.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)The act of excoriating or flaying.
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(countable, uncountable)The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
“A Perſon of Honour, of a full Body abounding with ſharp Humours, was ſeized with an Herpes on his right Leg. […] [I]t inflamed and ſwelled very much, many Wheals aroſe, and fretted one into another, with great Excoriation.”
- (countable, uncountable)A severe verbal denouncing.
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Etymology
From excoriate + -ion.
Words you can make from excoriation
200+ playable · top: ANOREXIC (17 pts)
Best play anorexic 17 points8-letter words
6 words7-letter words
31 words- EXACTOR 16 pts
- EXCITON 16 pts
- EXCITOR 16 pts
- EXOTICA 16 pts
- INEXACT 16 pts
- XEROTIC 16 pts
- ACONITE 9 pts
- CAROTIN 9 pts
- CARTOON 9 pts
- CERATIN 9 pts
- CERTAIN 9 pts
- CITRINE 9 pts
- COINTER 9 pts
- COITION 9 pts
- COONTIE 9 pts
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- CORONAE 9 pts
- CORONET 9 pts
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- CREATIN 9 pts
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- ENACTOR 9 pts
- EROTICA 9 pts
- INCITER 9 pts
- NERITIC 9 pts
- NORITIC 9 pts
- NOTICER 9 pts
- ONEIRIC 9 pts
- TACRINE 9 pts
- INERTIA 7 pts
- ORATION 7 pts
6-letter words
74 words- ANOXIC 15 pts
- AXENIC 15 pts
- AXONIC 15 pts
- COAXER 15 pts
- CORTEX 15 pts
- EXONIC 15 pts
- EXOTIC 15 pts
- OXCART 15 pts
- TOXINE 13 pts
- ACETIN 8 pts
- ACTION 8 pts
- AEONIC 8 pts
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- CANTOR 8 pts
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- CATION 8 pts
- CENTAI 8 pts
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- ORNATE 6 pts
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- RETAIN 6 pts
- RETINA 6 pts
- ROTINI 6 pts
- TINIER 6 pts
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- TOONIE 6 pts
5-letter words
88 words- CAREX 14 pts
- COXAE 14 pts
- EXACT 14 pts
- AXION 12 pts
- AXITE 12 pts
- AXONE 12 pts
- EXTRA 12 pts
- IXORA 12 pts
- NIXIE 12 pts
- OXTER 12 pts
- RETAX 12 pts
- TAXER 12 pts
- TAXON 12 pts
- ACINI 7 pts
- ACORN 7 pts
- ACTIN 7 pts
- ACTOR 7 pts
- ANTIC 7 pts
- AREIC 7 pts
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- COATI 7 pts
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- CONTO 7 pts
- COOER 7 pts
- CORIA 7 pts
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- CRONE 7 pts
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- ERICA 7 pts
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- IONIC 7 pts
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- NARIC 7 pts
- NICER 7 pts
- OCEAN 7 pts
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- OCTAN 7 pts
- ONCET 7 pts
- ONTIC 7 pts
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- REACT 7 pts
- RECIT 7 pts
- RECON 7 pts
- RECTA 7 pts
- RECTI 7 pts
- RECTO 7 pts
- RICIN 7 pts
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- ANTRE 5 pts
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- TERAI 5 pts
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- TONER 5 pts
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