Scrabble and Words with Friends

• ACCRETION is a valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• ACCRETION is a valid Words with Friends word worth 16 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• ACCRETION is a 9 letter word containing the letters a, c, c, e, i, n, o, r, t.

Definitions

• accretion

  noun an increase by natural growth or addition

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• accretion

  noun something contributing to growth or increase
  he scraped away the accretions of paint
  the central city surrounded by recent accretions

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• accretion

  noun (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases

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• accretion

  noun (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles

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• accretion

  noun (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment

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• accretion

  noun (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)

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• Lookup ACCRETION using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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