Scrabble and Words with Friends

• INFECTION is a valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• INFECTION is a valid Words with Friends word worth 17 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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

Definitions

• infection

  noun the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

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• infection

  noun (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound

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• infection

  noun (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease

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• infection

  noun an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

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• infection

  noun the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
  the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry

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• infection

  noun moral corruption or contamination
  ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable

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• infection

  noun (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure

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• Lookup INFECTION using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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Words that sound like 'infection'

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