REFRACTORY

What REFRACTORY Means

1. adjective: not responding to treatment“a stubborn infection”
2. adjective: temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to a process or stimulus“the refractory period of a muscle fiber”
3. noun: lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

REFRACTORY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 F4 R1 A1 C3 T1 O1 R1 Y4.

Words Made From The Letters In REFRACTORY

312 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 (1)

7 letter words (15)

6 letter words (29)

5 letter words (73)

4 letter words (95)

3 letter words (77)

2 letter words (22)

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