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Is contraction a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word contraction is a Scrabble US word. The word contraction is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

C3O1N1T1R1A1C3T1I1O1N1

Is contraction a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word contraction is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

C3O1N1T1R1A1C3T1I1O1N1

Is contraction a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word contraction is a Words With Friends word. The word contraction is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1N2T1R1A1C4T1I1O1N2

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11-letter words (1 found)

CONTRACTION,

9-letter words (2 found)

CONTACTOR,INTONATOR,

8-letter words (12 found)

COACTION,CONATION,CONTORNI,CONTRACT,CRATONIC,CROTONIC,INTONACO,NARCOTIC,NONACTOR,NOTATION,ROTATION,TRACTION,

7-letter words (28 found)

ACRONIC,ACROTIC,ACTINON,ARNOTTO,CANONIC,CANTICO,CANTION,CAROTIN,CARTOON,CITATOR,COACTOR,COCTION,CONTACT,CONTAIN,CONTORT,CONTRAT,COONCAN,CORANTO,CORTINA,INTRANT,NOTATOR,ORATION,RACCOON,RATTOON,RICOTTA,TACTION,TANTRIC,TORTONI,

6-letter words (54 found)

ACTION,AIRCON,ANOINT,AORTIC,ARCTIC,AROINT,ATONIC,ATTORN,CACOON,CANNOT,CANTIC,CANTON,CANTOR,CARTON,CATCON,CATION,CITRON,COCAIN,CONNOR,CONTRA,CORONA,CORTIN,COTTAR,COTTON,CRATON,CRIANT,CROTON,INCANT,INTACT,INTORT,INTRON,NATION,NATRON,NONART,NOTION,OCICAT,OCTANT,OCTROI,RACINO,RACOON,RATION,RATOON,RATTON,RONION,ROTTAN,TACTIC,TANNIC,TICTAC,TICTOC,TONANT,TOOART,TRIACT,TRICOT,TRITON,

5-letter words (76 found)

ACORN,ACTIN,ACTON,ACTOR,ANCON,ANION,ANTIC,ARIOT,ARTIC,ATTIC,CACTI,CAIRN,CANON,CANTO,CARON,CINCT,CIRCA,COACT,COATI,COCOA,CONIA,CONIC,CONIN,CONTO,CORIA,CORNI,CORNO,COTAN,COTTA,CRAIC,CROCI,CROON,INTRA,INTRO,NARCO,NARIC,NITON,NITRO,NOINT,NOOIT,NORIA,OCTAN,ONION,ONTIC,ORANT,ORCIN,OTTAR,RACON,RATIO,RATOO,RIANT,RONIN,ROTAN,ROTON,TACIT,TAINT,TANTI,TANTO,TAROC,TAROT,TICCA,TINCT,TITAN,TONIC,TORAN,TORIC,TOROT,TORTA,TRACT,TRAIN,TRAIT,TRANT,TRIAC,TROAT,TRONA,TRONC,

4-letter words (99 found)

ACRO,AIRN,AIRT,ANNO,ANON,ANTI,ARCO,ARTI,ATOC,CAIN,CANN,CANT,CARN,CART,CIAO,CION,CITO,COAT,COCA,COCO,COIN,COIR,COIT,CONI,CONN,COON,COOT,CORN,COTT,CRAN,CRIA,CRIT,CROC,CRON,ICON,INRO,INTO,IOTA,IRON,NAIN,NANO,NAOI,NARC,NOIR,NONA,NONI,NOON,NORI,NOTA,NOTT,OCTA,OINT,ONTO,OONT,ORCA,OTIC,OTTO,RAIN,RAIT,RANI,RANT,RATO,RIOT,RITT,ROAN,ROIN,RONT,ROON,ROOT,ROTA,ROTI,ROTO,TACO,TACT,TAIN,TAIT,TARN,TARO,TART,TIAN,TIAR,TINA,TINT,TIRO,TOCO,TOIT,TOON,TOOT,TORA,TORC,TORI,TORN,TORO,TORT,TRAT,TRIN,TRIO,TRON,TROT,

3-letter words (60 found)

ACT,AIN,AIR,AIT,ANI,ANN,ANT,ARC,ART,ATT,CAN,CAR,CAT,CIT,CON,COO,COR,COT,INN,ION,ITA,NAN,NAT,NIT,NON,NOO,NOR,NOT,OAR,OAT,OCA,ONO,OON,OOR,OOT,ORA,ORC,ORT,RAI,RAN,RAT,RIA,RIN,RIT,ROC,ROO,ROT,TAI,TAN,TAO,TAR,TAT,TIC,TIN,TIT,TOC,TON,TOO,TOR,TOT,

2-letter words (16 found)

AI,AN,AR,AT,IN,IO,IT,NA,NO,OI,ON,OO,OR,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 348 words from contraction according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of contraction

contraction

Etymology

From Late Middle English contraccioun, contraxion (“spasm, contraction; constriction, shrinking; act of pressing together”), from Old French contraction (modern French contraction), from Latin contractiōnem, the accusative singular of contractiō (“a drawing together, contraction; abridgement, shortening; dejection, despondency”), from contrahō (“to draw things together, assemble, collect, gather; to enter into a contract”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results); contrahō is derived from con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of objects) + trahō (“to drag, pull”) (probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull; to run”)). The English word is analysable as contract +‎ -ion (suffix denoting actions or processes, or their results).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈtɹækʃn̩/, /kɒn-/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈtɹækʃ(ə)n/
  • Rhymes: -ækʃən
  • Hyphenation: con‧tract‧ion

Noun

contraction (countable and uncountable, plural contractions)

  1. Senses relating to becoming involved with or entering into, especially entering into a contract.
    2. An act of incurring debt; also (generally), an act of acquiring something (generally negative).
    3. (archaic) An act of entering into a contract or agreement; specifically, a contract of marriage; a contracting; also (obsolete), a betrothal.
    5. (biology, medicine) The process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease.
      Synonyms: acquiring, catching
  2. Senses relating to pulling together or shortening.
    2. A (sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume; a narrowing, a shortening, a shrinking.
      Antonyms: dilatation, dilation, expansion
      1. (archaic or obsolete) An abridgement or shortening of writing, etc.; an abstract, a summary; also (uncountable), brevity, conciseness.
        (abridgement or shortening of writing, etc.): Synonyms: condensation, epitome
      3. (biology, medicine) A stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together.
      5. (biology, medicine) A shortening of a muscle during its use; specifically, a strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
      7. (economics) A period of economic decline or negative growth.
      9. (linguistics) A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are reduced or lost, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.
        Hyponyms: apheresis, apocope, elision, syncope
      11. (linguistics, phonology, prosody) Synonym of syncope (“the elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable”)
      12. (ring theory, of an ideal in the codomain of a ring homomorphism) The preimage of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.
      14. (orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark.
      16. (by extension) A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.
    3. (obsolete, rare) An act of collecting or gathering.

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See also

  • omission
  • Category:English contractions

References

Further reading

  • contraction (grammar) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • elision on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • muscle contraction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • uterine contraction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • wound contraction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • contraction (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “contraction”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Etymology

From Old French contraction, borrowed from Latin contractiōnem, the accusative singular of contractiō (“a drawing together, contraction; abridgement, shortening; dejection, despondency”), from contrahō (“to draw things together, assemble, collect, gather; to enter into a contract”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results); contrahō is derived from con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of objects) + trahō (“to drag, pull”) (probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull; to run”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁak.sjɔ̃/

Noun

contraction f (plural contractions)

  1. contraction

Related terms

  • contracter
  • contrat

Further reading

  • “contraction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org