REFRACTION

10 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What REFRACTION Means

noun: the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another
noun: the amount by which a propagating wave is bent

Similar words

DEFLECTION DEFLEXION

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

REFRACTION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 F4 R1 A1 C3 T1 I1 O1 N1.

Words Made From The Letters In REFRACTION

659 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

9 letter words (4)

CINERATOR FORNICATE INFRACTOR ROTIFERAN

8 letter words (13)

ACTIONER ANORETIC ANTERIOR CARROTIN CONTRAIR CRAFTIER CREATION FRACTION FRONTIER INFECTOR REACTION TRANCIER TRICORNE

7 letter words (50)

6 letter words (111)

5 letter words (160)

4 letter words (189)

3 letter words (103)

ACE ACT AFT AIN AIR AIT ANE ANI ANT ARC ARE ARF ART ATE CAN CAR CAT CIT CON COR COT EAN EAR EAT ECO EFT EON ERA ERF ERN ERR ETA FAE FAN FAR FAT FEN FER FET FIE FIN FIR FIT FOE FON FOR FRA FRO ICE ION IRE ITA NAE NAT NEF NET NIE NIT NOR NOT OAF OAR OAT OCA OFT ONE ORA ORC ORE ORF ORT RAI RAN RAT REC REF REI REN REO RET RIA RIF RIN RIT ROC ROE ROT TAE TAI TAN TAO TAR TEA TEC TEF TEN TIC TIE TIN TOC TOE TON TOR

2 letter words (29)

AE AI AN AR AT EA EF EN ER ET FA FE IF IN IO IT NA NE NO OE OF OI ON OR RE TA TE TI TO

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