What RETRACTION Means
- noun: a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
- noun: the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back“the retraction of the landing gear”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
RETRACTION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 T1 R1 A1 C3 T1 I1 O1 N1.
Anagrams of RETRACTION (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In RETRACTION
600 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 (2)
8 letter words (20)
ACTIONERANORETICANTERIORCARROTINCONTRAIRCONTRATECONTRITECORNETTICREATIONINTERACTNITRATORREACTIONRETIRANTRETRAICTRETROACTTACONITETENTORIATRACTIONTRANCIERTRICORNE
7 letter words (63)
ACONITEACROTERANOETICATRETICATTONCECANTIERCARNIERCAROTINCARRIONCATTIERCERATINCERTAINCIRRATECITATORCITRATECITTERNCOINTERCONTRATCORNETTCORNIERCORTINACOTTIERCREATINCREATORCRINATECRITTERENACTORENTOTICERRATICINTREATITERANTNACRITENATTIERNICTATENITRATENOTAIRENOTICERORNATEROTARINERATTIERREACTORRECTIONRETRACTRETRAINRETRAITRICOTTATACRINETACTIONTANTRICTARTIERTARTINETERRAINTERTIANTETANICTONETICTORRENTTRACTORTRAINERTRAITORTRANECTTRANTERTRICORNTRITONE
6 letter words (114)
ACETINACTIONAEONICAIRCONANETICAORTICAROINTARRECTARTIERATONERATONICATTIREATTONEATTORNCANIERCANOERCANTERCANTORCARNETCARNIECARRONCARROTCARTERCARTONCATIONCATTIECENTAICENTRACITRONCOATERCOINERCONTRACORNEACORNERCORNETCORREACORRIECORTINCOTTAECOTTARCOTTERCRATERCRATONCREANTCRETINCRIANTCRONETEARCONENATICERRANTINTACTINTORTIRATERIRONERNATTERNECTARNOETICNORITENOTATENOTICEOARIEROATIEROCTANEOCTANTORCEINORCINEORIENTORNATEORRICERACIERRACINORANCORRANTERRATINERATIONRATITERATTENRATTERRATTONRECANTRECOATRECOINRECTORRETAINRETINARETINTRETORNRETORTRIOTERRITTERROARIEROTATEROTTANROTTENROTTERTANRECTARTERTERCIOTERRITTERTIATIETACTINTERTONIERTONITETORRETTORTENTRACERTRANCETRIACTTRICARTRICOTTRITERTRITONTROCAR
5 letter words (146)
ACORNACTINACTONACTORAIRERANTICANTREAREICARETTARIOTARRETARTICATONEATTICCAIRNCANERCANOECANTOCARERCARETCARONCARTECATERCENTOCERIACITERCOATECOATICONIACONTECORERCORIACORNICOTANCOTTACRANECRARECRATECRENACRIERCRINECRONECROREENACTENIACENTIAERICAETTININERTINTERINTRAINTROIRATEIRONENACRENARCONARICNARRENICERNITERNITRENITRONORIANOTEROATENOATEROCEANOCREAOCTANOCTETONCERONCETONTICORANTORATEORCINOTTAROTTERRACERRACONRAINERANCERATERRATIOREACTRECITRECONRECTARECTIRECTORERANRETIARETRORIANTRICERROATERONTERORICRORIEROTANROTTETACETTACITTAINTTANTITANTOTAROCTAROTTARRETATERTATIETECTATENIATENORTERAITERRATETRATETRITINCTTINEATITANTITERTITRETONERTONICTORANTORICTORTATORTETOTERTRACETRACTTRAINTRAITTRANTTREATTRIACTRICETRIERTRINETRIORTRITETROATTRONATRONCTRONE
4 letter words (151)
ACERACNEACREAEONAEROAINEAIRNAIRTANCEANTEANTIARCOARETARTIATOCCAINCANECANTCARECARNCARRCARTCATECENTCEROCERTCIAOCINECIONCIRECITECITOCOATCOINCOIRCOITCONECONICORECORNCOTECOTTCRANCRIACRITEARNEINAEOANERICETATETICETNAICERICONINROINTOIOTAIRONNAOINARCNARENEARNEATNETTNICENITENOIRNORINOTANOTENOTTOCTAOINTONCEONERONIEORCAORRAOTICRACERAINRAITRANIRANTRARERATERATOREANREARREINRENTRICERINERIOTRITERITTROANROARROINRONERONTRORERORTROTAROTEROTITACETACOTACTTAINTAITTANETARETARNTAROTARTTATETEARTEATTEINTENTTERNTIANTIARTICETIERTINATINETINTTIRETIROTIRRTITETOEATOITTONETORATORCTORETORITORNTORRTORTTOTETRATTRETTRIETRINTRIOTRONTROT
3 letter words (80)
ACEACTAINAIRAITANEANIANTARCAREARTATEATTCANCARCATCITCONCORCOTEANEAREATECOEONERAERNERRETAICEIONIREITANAENATNETNIENITNORNOTOAROATOCAONEORAORCOREORTRAIRANRATRECREIRENREORETRIARINRITROCROEROTTAETAITANTAOTARTATTEATECTENTETTICTIETINTOCTOETONTORTOT
2 letter words (24)
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