lection
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
Definition of lection
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act of reading.
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noun
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act of reading.
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(countable, uncountable)A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc.
“This man […] came to dwell in our city, and here founded this holy house, and he hath edified us by his litanies and his lections of the Koran.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Old French lection, from Latin lēctiōnem, form of lēctiō, from legō (“to read; to gather”). Doublet of lesson.
Words you can make from lection
124 playable · top: CINEOL (8 pts)
Best play cineol 8 points6-letter words
8 words5-letter words
23 words4-letter words
46 words- CEIL 6 pts
- CELT 6 pts
- CENT 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CION 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- CLIT 6 pts
- CLON 6 pts
- CLOT 6 pts
- COIL 6 pts
- COIN 6 pts
- COLE 6 pts
- COLT 6 pts
- CONE 6 pts
- CONI 6 pts
- COTE 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- ICON 6 pts
- LICE 6 pts
- LOCI 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- ONCE 6 pts
- OTIC 6 pts
- ENOL 4 pts
- INTO 4 pts
- LENO 4 pts
- LENT 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LINO 4 pts
- LINT 4 pts
- LION 4 pts
- LITE 4 pts
- LOIN 4 pts
- LONE 4 pts
- LOTI 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- NOEL 4 pts
- NOIL 4 pts
- NOTE 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TILE 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TOIL 4 pts
- TOLE 4 pts
- TONE 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- CEL 5 pts
- COL 5 pts
- CON 5 pts
- COT 5 pts
- ECO 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- LOC 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- EON 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- LIT 3 pts
- LOT 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- OIL 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIL 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TON 3 pts
2-letter words
15 wordsHooks
3 extensions · 2 front · 1 back
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