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Definition of selection

"selection" in the noun sense

1. choice, selection, option, pick

the act of choosing or selecting

"your choice of colors was unfortunate"

"you can take your pick"

2. selection

an assortment of things from which a choice can be made

"the store carried a large selection of shoes"

3. choice, pick, selection

the person or thing chosen or selected

"he was my pick for mayor"

4. survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection

a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

5. excerpt, excerption, extract, selection

a passage selected from a larger work

"he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

Princeton University "About WordNet®."
WordNet®. Princeton University. 2010.

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Quotations for selection

Natural selection is the principle by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved. [ Darwin ]

Susceptibility to one class of influences, the selection of what is fit for him, the rejection of what is unfit, determines for a man the character of the universe. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

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selection in Scrabble®

The word selection is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters selection:

SELECTION
(108)
SELECTION
(108)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (15 words)

cenotes, clients, coesite, enclose, entices, lection, lenites, license, lionets, notices, octenes, section, silence, stencil, tensile

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word selection

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(13)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In selection

SELECTION
(108)
SELECTION
(108)
OCTENES
(86 = 36 + 50)
LECTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(86 = 36 + 50)
STENCIL
(86 = 36 + 50)
SECTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
STENCIL
(86 = 36 + 50)
NOTICES
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENTICES
(86 = 36 + 50)
NOTICES
(86 = 36 + 50)
CENOTES
(86 = 36 + 50)
LICENSE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CENOTES
(86 = 36 + 50)
CLIENTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
LECTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
SILENCE
(86 = 36 + 50)
COESITE
(86 = 36 + 50)
LICENSE
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(86 = 36 + 50)
SECTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
SILENCE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CLIENTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
OCTENES
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENTICES
(86 = 36 + 50)
COESITE
(86 = 36 + 50)
LECTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
OCTENES
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENTICES
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
OCTENES
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENOTES
(80 = 30 + 50)
SECTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
STENCIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
STENCIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
SECTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
SECTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
STENCIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
OCTENES
(80 = 30 + 50)
LECTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
STENCIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
OCTENES
(80 = 30 + 50)
SECTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
OCTENES
(80 = 30 + 50)
STENCIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
LECTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
LECTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
LECTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENTICES
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENTICES
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENTICES
(80 = 30 + 50)
COESITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENTICES
(80 = 30 + 50)
COESITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENTICES
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLIENTS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENOTES
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENTICES
(80 = 30 + 50)
COESITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENOTES
(80 = 30 + 50)
LECTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
LECTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENOTES
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENOTES
(80 = 30 + 50)
COESITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENOTES
(80 = 30 + 50)
COESITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
LECTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
COESITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENOTES
(80 = 30 + 50)
OCTENES
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
COESITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
STENCIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENTICES
(80 = 30 + 50)
LICENSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
NOTICES
(80 = 30 + 50)
NOTICES
(80 = 30 + 50)
STENCIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
LICENSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
NOTICES
(80 = 30 + 50)
LICENSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
NOTICES
(80 = 30 + 50)
SECTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
LICENSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
NOTICES
(80 = 30 + 50)
SECTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
SECTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
NOTICES
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SILENCE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLIENTS
(80 = 30 + 50)
SECTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLIENTS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLIENTS
(80 = 30 + 50)
SILENCE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLIENTS
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SILENCE
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SILENCE
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CLIENTS
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SILENCE
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SILENCE
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CLIENTS
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LICENSE
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SILENCE
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SILENCE
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LICENSE
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NOTICES
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OCTENES
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LICENSE
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OCTENES
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LICENSE
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NOTICES
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STENCIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
LIONETS
(78 = 28 + 50)
LENITES
(78 = 28 + 50)
TENSILE
(78 = 28 + 50)
SILENCE
(77 = 27 + 50)
NOTICES
(77 = 27 + 50)
CENOTES
(77 = 27 + 50)
OCTENES
(77 = 27 + 50)
COESITE
(77 = 27 + 50)
LICENSE
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ENTICES
(77 = 27 + 50)
CLIENTS
(77 = 27 + 50)
LECTION
(77 = 27 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(77 = 27 + 50)
STENCIL
(77 = 27 + 50)
SECTION
(77 = 27 + 50)
ENTICES
(76 = 26 + 50)
STENCIL
(76 = 26 + 50)
LECTION
(76 = 26 + 50)
LICENSE
(76 = 26 + 50)
NOTICES
(76 = 26 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(76 = 26 + 50)
CENOTES
(76 = 26 + 50)
SECTION
(76 = 26 + 50)
COESITE
(76 = 26 + 50)
CLIENTS
(76 = 26 + 50)
TENSILE
(74 = 24 + 50)
LIONETS
(74 = 24 + 50)
LIONETS
(74 = 24 + 50)
LIONETS
(74 = 24 + 50)
LIONETS
(74 = 24 + 50)
COESITE
(74 = 24 + 50)
LENITES
(74 = 24 + 50)
CENOTES
(74 = 24 + 50)
CLIENTS
(74 = 24 + 50)
TENSILE
(74 = 24 + 50)
COESITE
(74 = 24 + 50)
LIONETS
(74 = 24 + 50)
CENOTES
(74 = 24 + 50)
SILENCE
(74 = 24 + 50)
LIONETS
(74 = 24 + 50)
ENTICES
(74 = 24 + 50)
CLIENTS
(74 = 24 + 50)
LIONETS
(74 = 24 + 50)
OCTENES
(74 = 24 + 50)
TENSILE
(74 = 24 + 50)
TENSILE
(74 = 24 + 50)
LENITES
(74 = 24 + 50)
SECTION
(74 = 24 + 50)
LENITES
(74 = 24 + 50)
STENCIL
(74 = 24 + 50)
NOTICES
(74 = 24 + 50)
TENSILE
(74 = 24 + 50)
LENITES
(74 = 24 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(74 = 24 + 50)
LECTION
(74 = 24 + 50)
LENITES
(74 = 24 + 50)
LIONETS
(74 = 24 + 50)
LENITES
(74 = 24 + 50)
TENSILE
(74 = 24 + 50)
TENSILE
(74 = 24 + 50)
LENITES
(74 = 24 + 50)
TENSILE
(74 = 24 + 50)
LENITES
(74 = 24 + 50)
LICENSE
(74 = 24 + 50)
CLIENTS
(72 = 22 + 50)
CLIENTS
(72 = 22 + 50)
OCTENES
(72 = 22 + 50)
ENTICES
(72 = 22 + 50)
OCTENES
(72 = 22 + 50)
OCTENES
(72 = 22 + 50)
COESITE
(72 = 22 + 50)
OCTENES
(72 = 22 + 50)
LECTION
(72 = 22 + 50)
CLIENTS
(72 = 22 + 50)
COESITE
(72 = 22 + 50)
NOTICES
(72 = 22 + 50)
NOTICES
(72 = 22 + 50)
NOTICES
(72 = 22 + 50)
COESITE
(72 = 22 + 50)
COESITE
(72 = 22 + 50)
LECTION
(72 = 22 + 50)
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selection in Words With Friends™

The word selection is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters selection:

SELECTION
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (15 words)

cenotes, clients, coesite, enclose, entices, lection, lenites, license, lionets, notices, octenes, section, silence, stencil, tensile

 

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SELECTION
(162)
SELECTION
(96)
SELECTION
(96)
SELECTION
(78)
SELECTION
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(64)
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(54)
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SELECTION
(48)
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(36)
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(32)
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(15)
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(15)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In selection

SELECTION
(162)
STENCIL
(107 = 72 + 35)
LICENSE
(107 = 72 + 35)
LECTION
(107 = 72 + 35)
CENOTES
(104 = 69 + 35)
CLIENTS
(101 = 66 + 35)
SILENCE
(101 = 66 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(101 = 66 + 35)
NOTICES
(98 = 63 + 35)
SECTION
(98 = 63 + 35)
ENTICES
(98 = 63 + 35)
OCTENES
(98 = 63 + 35)
SELECTION
(96)
SELECTION
(96)
SILENCE
(95 = 60 + 35)
CLIENTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
COESITE
(95 = 60 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(95 = 60 + 35)
CENOTES
(92 = 57 + 35)
OCTENES
(92 = 57 + 35)
COESITE
(89 = 54 + 35)
CLIENTS
(89 = 54 + 35)
CLIENTS
(89 = 54 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(89 = 54 + 35)
LICENSE
(89 = 54 + 35)
STENCIL
(89 = 54 + 35)
STENCIL
(89 = 54 + 35)
LECTION
(89 = 54 + 35)
SILENCE
(89 = 54 + 35)
SILENCE
(89 = 54 + 35)
OCTENES
(86 = 51 + 35)
LENITES
(86 = 51 + 35)
ENTICES
(86 = 51 + 35)
NOTICES
(86 = 51 + 35)
SECTION
(86 = 51 + 35)
LICENSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
SILENCE
(83 = 48 + 35)
LECTION
(83 = 48 + 35)
LICENSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
LICENSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
LECTION
(83 = 48 + 35)
LECTION
(83 = 48 + 35)
STENCIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
LICENSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
LECTION
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLIENTS
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLIENTS
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLIENTS
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLIENTS
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLIENTS
(83 = 48 + 35)
STENCIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
SILENCE
(83 = 48 + 35)
SILENCE
(83 = 48 + 35)
LICENSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
STENCIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
LECTION
(83 = 48 + 35)
LECTION
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
STENCIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
STENCIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
STENCIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
LECTION
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
SILENCE
(83 = 48 + 35)
STENCIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
LICENSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CENOTES
(80 = 45 + 35)
TENSILE
(80 = 45 + 35)
LIONETS
(80 = 45 + 35)
ENTICES
(80 = 45 + 35)
LIONETS
(80 = 45 + 35)
SECTION
(80 = 45 + 35)
CENOTES
(80 = 45 + 35)
OCTENES
(80 = 45 + 35)
SECTION
(80 = 45 + 35)
ENTICES
(80 = 45 + 35)
ENTICES
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OCTENES
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NOTICES
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TENSILE
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NOTICES
(80 = 45 + 35)
NOTICES
(80 = 45 + 35)
CENOTES
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SECTION
(80 = 45 + 35)
LIONETS
(80 = 45 + 35)
NOTICES
(79 = 44 + 35)
OCTENES
(79 = 44 + 35)
CENOTES
(79 = 44 + 35)
OCTENES
(79 = 44 + 35)
ENTICES
(79 = 44 + 35)
SECTION
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OCTENES
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SECTION
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CENOTES
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ENTICES
(79 = 44 + 35)
SECTION
(79 = 44 + 35)
CENOTES
(79 = 44 + 35)
NOTICES
(79 = 44 + 35)
ENTICES
(79 = 44 + 35)
NOTICES
(79 = 44 + 35)
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(78)
CLIENTS
(77 = 42 + 35)
LICENSE
(77 = 42 + 35)
LICENSE
(77 = 42 + 35)
SILENCE
(77 = 42 + 35)
STENCIL
(77 = 42 + 35)
LICENSE
(77 = 42 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(77 = 42 + 35)
LICENSE
(77 = 42 + 35)
SILENCE
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CLIENTS
(77 = 42 + 35)
COESITE
(77 = 42 + 35)
LICENSE
(77 = 42 + 35)
CLIENTS
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ENCLOSE
(77 = 42 + 35)
STENCIL
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COESITE
(77 = 42 + 35)
ENCLOSE
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CLIENTS
(77 = 42 + 35)
SILENCE
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LECTION
(77 = 42 + 35)
LECTION
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COESITE
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LECTION
(77 = 42 + 35)
SILENCE
(77 = 42 + 35)
LECTION
(77 = 42 + 35)
SILENCE
(77 = 42 + 35)
STENCIL
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COESITE
(75 = 40 + 35)
SILENCE
(75 = 40 + 35)
CLIENTS
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COESITE
(75 = 40 + 35)
LICENSE
(75 = 40 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(75 = 40 + 35)
COESITE
(75 = 40 + 35)
LECTION
(75 = 40 + 35)
STENCIL
(75 = 40 + 35)
TENSILE
(74 = 39 + 35)
LENITES
(74 = 39 + 35)
ENTICES
(74 = 39 + 35)
ENTICES
(74 = 39 + 35)
ENTICES
(74 = 39 + 35)
LIONETS
(74 = 39 + 35)
LIONETS
(74 = 39 + 35)
TENSILE
(74 = 39 + 35)
OCTENES
(74 = 39 + 35)
NOTICES
(74 = 39 + 35)
NOTICES
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LENITES
(74 = 39 + 35)
ENTICES
(74 = 39 + 35)
NOTICES
(74 = 39 + 35)
SECTION
(74 = 39 + 35)
CENOTES
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OCTENES
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CENOTES
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SECTION
(74 = 39 + 35)
SECTION
(74 = 39 + 35)
ENTICES
(74 = 39 + 35)
TENSILE
(74 = 39 + 35)
SECTION
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CENOTES
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LENITES
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OCTENES
(74 = 39 + 35)
NOTICES
(74 = 39 + 35)
SECTION
(74 = 39 + 35)
CENOTES
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LENITES
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OCTENES
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LIONETS
(74 = 39 + 35)
NOTICES
(74 = 39 + 35)
CENOTES
(74 = 39 + 35)
LIONETS
(74 = 39 + 35)
OCTENES
(74 = 39 + 35)
NOTICES
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CENOTES
(73 = 38 + 35)
ENTICES
(73 = 38 + 35)
OCTENES
(73 = 38 + 35)
SECTION
(73 = 38 + 35)
SELECTION
(72)
TENSILE
(71 = 36 + 35)
TENSILE
(71 = 36 + 35)
COESITE
(71 = 36 + 35)
LENITES
(71 = 36 + 35)
LIONETS
(71 = 36 + 35)
COESITE
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COESITE
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TENSILE
(71 = 36 + 35)
COESITE
(71 = 36 + 35)
LENITES
(71 = 36 + 35)
LENITES
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LIONETS
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COESITE
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COESITE
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LIONETS
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Words within the letters of selection

2 letter words in selection (10 words)

eleninisitnoonossoto

3 letter words in selection (39 words)

ceecisconcoteelelsenseoniceinsionitsleeletlielitlotnetnilnitnosnotoiloneseesetsicsinsitsolsonsotteetentictietintoeton

4 letter words in selection (82 words)

ceesceltcentciteclotcoilcoincolecoltconeconscostcotseelselseenoleonsicesiconintoionsisleleeslenslentlestletslicelienlieslinelintlionlistlitelociloinloneloselostlotilotsnestnetsnicenilsnitsnoelnosenoteoilsonceonesscotsectseensentsilosiltsinesiteslitsloeslotsnitsnotsoilsolesolisoneteenteestensticstiestiletinetinstoestoiltonetons

5 letter words in selection (58 words)

centscitesclineclonecloseclotscoilscoinscoltsconeselecteliteeloinenolseosiniconsinletinsetisletlenseleonelienslineslionsloinslotisniecenoelsnoisenotesoleiconsetonticscenescentscionsconeseinesincesleetslicesonicsteelsteinstelestenostoicstolestoneteenstelcotensetilestinestoiletoilstonestonic

6 letter words in selection (39 words)

cenoteclientclonesclosetcosineelectseliteseloinsenlistenolicenticeeosineincestinletsinsectinsolelectinleniteleoneslesionlionetlistennestlenicestniecesnoticeocteneoecistonsiteseitenselectsenilesilentstolentelcostinseltocsintonicstonsil

7 letter words in selection (15 words)

cenotesclientscoesiteencloseenticeslectionleniteslicenselionetsnoticesoctenessectionsilencestenciltensile

8 letter words in selection (4 words)

electionicestonelectionsnoselite

9 letter words in selection (Anagrams) (2 words)

electionsselection

selection + 1 blank (3 words)

centriolesencloisterselections

selection + 2 blanks (22 words)

actinostelebristleconeceladonitescentijoulesclinometersclotheslinecrinolettesdeflectionsdeselectionelectronicselectrospinencloistersnucleotidesprelectionsreelectionsreflectionsresectionalreselectionsecretionalselectionaltelescopingunselection
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Words containing the sequence selection

Words that start with selection (3 words)

selectionselectionalselections

Words with selection in them (7 words)

selectiondeselectionsnonselectionsphotoselectionspreselectionsreselectionsunselections

Words that end with selection (9 words)

deselectionnonselectionorthoselectionphotoselectionpreselectionreselectionselectionsuperselectionunselection
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Word Growth involving selection

Shorter words in selection

el elect election

on ion lection election

el elect select

Longer words containing selection

deselection deselections

nonselection nonselections

orthoselection

photoselection photoselections

reselection preselection preselections

reselection reselections preselections

selectional

selections deselections

selections nonselections

selections photoselections

selections reselections preselections

selections unselections

superselection

unselection unselections