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Is fraction a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word fraction is a Scrabble US word. The word fraction is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is fraction a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fraction is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Is fraction a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word fraction is a Words With Friends word. The word fraction is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

FRACTION,

7-letter words (6 found)

CAROTIN,CORTINA,FACTION,FRANTIC,INFARCT,INFRACT,

6-letter words (26 found)

ACTION,AFRONT,AIRCON,AORTIC,AROINT,ATONIC,CANTOR,CARTON,CATION,CITRON,CONFIT,CONTRA,CORTIN,CRATON,CRIANT,FACTOR,FAITOR,FARCIN,FICTOR,FORCAT,FORINT,FRACTI,FRANCO,FRICOT,RACINO,RATION,

5-letter words (50 found)

ACORN,ACTIN,ACTON,ACTOR,AFRIT,ANTIC,ARIOT,ARTIC,CAIRN,CANTO,CARON,COATI,CONIA,CORIA,CORNI,COTAN,CRAFT,CROFT,FAINT,FARCI,FINCA,FITNA,FRACT,FRANC,FRATI,FRONT,IFTAR,INFRA,INTRA,INTRO,NARCO,NARIC,NITRO,NORIA,OCTAN,ONTIC,ORANT,ORCIN,RACON,RATIO,RIANT,ROTAN,TAROC,TONIC,TORAN,TORIC,TRAIN,TRIAC,TRONA,TRONC,

4-letter words (92 found)

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3-letter words (61 found)

ACT,AFT,AIN,AIR,AIT,ANI,ANT,ARC,ARF,ART,CAF,CAN,CAR,CAT,CIT,CON,COR,COT,FAN,FAR,FAT,FIN,FIR,FIT,FON,FOR,FRA,FRO,ION,ITA,NAT,NIT,NOR,NOT,OAF,OAR,OAT,OCA,OFT,ORA,ORC,ORF,ORT,RAI,RAN,RAT,RIA,RIF,RIN,RIT,ROC,ROT,TAI,TAN,TAO,TAR,TIC,TIN,TOC,TON,TOR,

2-letter words (18 found)

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

You can make 254 words from fraction according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of fraction

fraction

Etymology

From Middle English fraccioun (“a breaking”), from Anglo-Norman, Old French fraction, from Medieval Latin fractio (“a fragment, portion”), from earlier Latin fractio (“a breaking, a breaking into pieces”), from fractus (English fracture), past participle of frangere (“to break”) (whence English frangible), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (English break).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: frăkʹshən, IPA(key): /ˈfɹæk.ʃən/
  • Hyphenation: frac‧tion
  • Rhymes: -ækʃən

Noun

fraction (plural fractions)

  1. A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
  2. (arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternatively, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar).
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fraction
  3. (chemistry) A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
  4. (Christianity) In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.
  5. A small amount.
  6. (archaic) The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.

Usage notes

  • Can be used with either countable or uncountable nouns; however, the word fraction takes the number of the noun it is paired with.
    • If used with a plural countable noun, it needs to take a plural verb.
    • If used with a singular countable noun or an uncountable noun, it needs to take a singular verb.

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Verb

fraction (third-person singular simple present fractions, present participle fractioning, simple past and past participle fractioned)

  1. To divide or break into fractions.

Translations

References

  • “fraction”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • “fraction”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
  • "fraction" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
  • “fraction”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Croftian, factor in, infocrat

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fraction, borrowed from Latin fractiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁak.sjɔ̃/

Noun

fraction f (plural fractions)

  1. fraction (small amount)
    Je me suis endormi pendant une fraction de secondes. ― I fell asleep for a fraction of a second.
  2. (mathematics) fraction
    En divisant deux par trois, on obtient une fraction irréductible. ― When dividing two by three, you get an irreducible fraction.
  3. fraction, breakup

Derived terms

  • barre de fraction
  • fractionnaire
  • fractionner

Related terms

  • fracture

Descendants

  • → Romanian: fracțiune
  • → Turkish: fraksiyon

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • fronçait

Source: wiktionary.org