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Yes. The word racket is a Scrabble US word. The word racket is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word racket is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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6-letter words (3 found)

RACKET,RETACK,TACKER,

5-letter words (13 found)

ACKER,CARET,CARTE,CATER,CRAKE,CRATE,CREAK,REACT,RECTA,TAKER,TRACE,TRACK,TRECK,

4-letter words (24 found)

ACER,ACRE,ARET,CAKE,CARE,CARK,CART,CATE,CERT,KART,KETA,RACE,RACK,RAKE,RATE,REAK,RECK,TACE,TACK,TAKE,TARE,TEAK,TEAR,TREK,

3-letter words (27 found)

ACE,ACT,AKE,ARC,ARE,ARK,ART,ATE,CAR,CAT,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERK,ETA,KAE,KAT,KEA,KET,RAT,REC,RET,TAE,TAK,TAR,TEA,TEC,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,KA,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 78 words from racket according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of racket

racket

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹækɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ækɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English raket. Possibly cognate with Middle French rachette, requette (“palm of the hand”). Possibly from Arabic رَاحَةْ اَلْيَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm of the hand”), although this is doubtful. Instead, the term is more likely to be derived from Dutch raketsen, from Middle French rachasser (“to strike (the ball) back”).

Noun

racket (plural rackets)

  2. (countable, sports) An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.
    Synonyms: bat, paddle, racquet
  3. (Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
  4. A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
Alternative forms
  • (sporting implement): racquet
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

racket (third-person singular simple present rackets, present participle racketing, simple past and past participle racketed)

  1. To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
Further reading
  • racket (sports equipment) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • list of racket sports on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Attested since the 1500s, of unclear origin; possibly a metathesis of the dialectal term rattick (“rattle”).

Noun

racket (plural rackets)

  1. A loud noise.
    Synonyms: din, noise, ruckus
  2. An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deception
  3. (dated, slang) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
  4. (dated, slang) Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

racket (third-person singular simple present rackets, present participle racketing, simple past and past participle racketed)

  1. (intransitive) To make a clattering noise.
  2. (intransitive, dated) To be dissipated; to carouse.

References

Anagrams

  • Eckart, retack, tacker

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English racket.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: rac‧ket

Noun

racket n (plural rackets, diminutive racketje n)

  1. racket (sports implement)
    Synonym: raket

Derived terms

  • tennisracket

French

Etymology

From English racket.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.kɛt/

Noun

racket m (plural rackets)

  1. racketeering
  2. racket, extortion

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English racket.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.ket/
  • Rhymes: -aket
  • Hyphenation: ràc‧ket

Noun

racket m (invariable)

  1. racketeering
  2. racket, extortion

Derived terms

  • antiracket

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • rekkert

Etymology

From Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa, “palm of the hand”), via French raquette, and English racket.

Noun

racket m (definite singular racketen, indefinite plural racketer, definite plural racketene)

  1. (sports) a racket or racquet
  2. (table tennis) a bat, or paddle (US)

References

  • “racket” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • rekkert

Etymology

From Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa, “palm of the hand”), via French raquette, and English racket.

Noun

racket m (definite singular racketen, indefinite plural racketar, definite plural racketane)

  1. (sports) a racket or racquet
  2. (table tennis) a bat, or paddle (US)

References

  • “racket” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French racket.

Noun

racket m (plural rackeți)

  1. racketeer

Declension

Swedish

Noun

racket c

  1. (sports) a racket

Usage notes

Controversial grammatical gender. Both "ett racket" and "ett rack" (perhaps from interpreting "-et" as a neuter definite suffix) are fairly common as well.

Declension

Derived terms

  • badmintonracket
  • bordtennisracket
  • racketsport
  • squashracket
  • tennisracket

Noun

racket

  1. definite singular of rack

References

  • racket in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • racket in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • racket in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org