What TRACTION Means
- noun: the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
- noun: (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing“his leg was in traction for several days”
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TRACTION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 R1 A1 C3 T1 I1 O1 N1.
Words Made From The Letters In TRACTION
219 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.
7 letter words (7)
6 letter words (25)
ACTIONAIRCONAORTICAROINTATONICATTORNCANTORCARTONCATIONCITRONCONTRACORTINCOTTARCRATONCRIANTINTACTINTORTOCTANTRACINORATIONRATTONROTTANTRIACTTRICOTTRITON
5 letter words (52)
ACORNACTINACTONACTORANTICARIOTARTICATTICCAIRNCANTOCARONCOATICONIACORIACORNICOTANCOTTAINTRAINTRONARCONARICNITRONORIAOCTANONTICORANTORCINOTTARRACONRATIORIANTROTANTACITTAINTTANTITANTOTAROCTAROTTINCTTITANTONICTORANTORICTORTATRACTTRAINTRAITTRANTTRIACTROATTRONATRONC
4 letter words (73)
AIRNAIRTANTIARCOARTIATOCCAINCANTCARNCARTCIAOCIONCITOCOATCOINCOIRCOITCONICORNCOTTCRANCRIACRITICONINROINTOIOTAIRONNAOINARCNOIRNORINOTANOTTOCTAOINTORCAOTICRAINRAITRANIRANTRATORIOTRITTROANROINRONTROTAROTITACOTACTTAINTAITTARNTAROTARTTIANTIARTINATINTTIROTOITTORATORCTORITORNTORTTRATTRINTRIOTRONTROT
3 letter words (47)
ACTAINAIRAITANIANTARCARTATTCANCARCATCITCONCORCOTIONITANATNITNORNOTOAROATOCAORAORCORTRAIRANRATRIARINRITROCROTTAITANTAOTARTATTICTINTOCTONTORTOT
2 letter words (15)
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