countershaft

1. An intermediate shaft between the powered and driven shafts in a belt drive.

2. A jackshaft.

3. An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.

4. A shaft driven by a band or gearing running from another opposite and parallel shaft.

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Here are some other words you could make with the letters countershaft

Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
archfoes	16	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acerous	9
acetous	9
acutest	9
anchors	12
another	10
anthers	10
anthros	10
archfoe	15
archons	12
arenous	7
atoners	7
attorns	7
attunes	7
aurochs	12
authors	10
cahouns	12
canoers	9
canters	9
canthus	12
cantors	9
carnets	9
carouse	9
cartons	9
centaur	9
chafers	15
chanter	12
chantor	12
chasten	12
chaster	12
chatter	12
chaufer	15
chaunts	12
choreas	12
chorten	12
chouser	12
chunter	12
coarsen	9
coaster	9
coaters	9
cohunes	12
conatus	9
confers	12
confuse	12
confute	12
contest	9
contras	9
contuse	9
conures	9
corneas	9
cornets	9
cornett	9
cornute	9
costate	9
coteaus	9
cothurn	12
cottars	9
cotters	9
counter	9
courant	9
couters	9
couther	12
cratons	9
cretons	9
croutes	9
cuatros	9
curates	9
curtate	9
curtest	9
cutters	9
earshot	10
enactor	9
encrust	9
entrust	7
etchant	12
factors	12
facture	12
fathers	13
fattens	10
faucets	12
focuser	12
fortune	10
fourths	13
fractus	12
frontes	10
frounce	12
functor	12
funster	10
furanes	10
furcate	12
furnace	12
futharc	15
futhorc	15
hafters	13
hatters	10
haunter	10
hautest	10
hectors	12
hoarsen	10
hornets	10
hunters	10
narcose	9
natters	7
natures	7
nectars	9
netsurf	10
notates	7
notcher	12
notches	12
nutates	7
nutcase	9
nutters	7
ochreas	12
octanes	9
octants	9
oraches	12
outacts	9
outcast	9
outearn	7
outeats	7
outface	12
outfast	10
outhear	10
outrace	9
outrate	7
outsert	7
rachets	12
ranches	12
ranchos	12
ratches	12
ratchet	12
rattens	7
rattons	7
recants	9
recoats	9
recount	9
refocus	12
retouch	12
roaches	12
rochets	12
rotates	7
rotches	12
rouches	12
santero	7
santour	7
saunter	7
scanter	9
scatter	9
scouter	9
scutate	9
scutter	9
senator	7
senhora	10
shatter	10
shorten	10
shotten	10
shouter	10
shunter	10
shutter	10
soutane	7
souther	10
stature	7
staunch	12
stentor	7
stouten	7
stouter	7
stretch	12
suncare	9
surcoat	9
surface	12
tanrecs	9
tartufe	10
tartufo	10
taunter	7
tautens	7
technos	12
tenours	7
tenutos	7
tetanus	7
thenars	10
threats	10
throats	10
thrones	10
toaster	7
tochers	12
tonsure	7
torches	12
toucans	9
toucher	12
touches	12
touters	7
trances	9
tranche	12
treason	7
troches	12
trounce	9
truants	7
tufters	10
turacos	9
uncrate	9
unearth	10
unhorse	10
unsafer	10
unstate	7
unteach	12
urethan	10
francos	12
retcons	9

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ancestor	10
anchoret	13
archfoes	16
centaurs	10
chanters	13
chantors	13
chatters	13
chaufers	16
chaunter	13
chestnut	13
chortens	13
chunters	13
confuter	13
confutes	13
construe	10
contrast	10
cornetts	10
cothurns	13
counters	10
courante	10
courants	10
couthest	13
earthnut	11
enactors	10
etchants	13
factures	13
farouche	16
farthest	14
forecast	13
fortunes	11
frontest	11
frounces	13
fructose	13
functors	13
furanose	11
furcates	13
furnaces	13
furthest	14
futharcs	16
futhorcs	16
haunters	11
nacreous	10
nautches	13
notchers	13
outcaste	10
outcheat	13
outearns	8
outfaces	13
outfeast	11
outhears	11
outraces	10
outrance	10
outrates	8
outreach	13
outstare	8
ratchets	13
raunches	13
recounts	10
recusant	10
rheostat	11
scouther	13
seafront	11
seatrout	8
shortcut	13
snatcher	13
soutache	13
southern	11
stancher	13
stonecut	10
tartufes	11
tartufos	11
taunters	8
theocrat	13
thoraces	13
touchers	13
tranches	13
transect	10
trounces	10
truncate	10
turncoat	10
unchaste	13
uncrates	10
unearths	11
urethans	11

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
anchorets	14
ceanothus	14
chaunters	14
confuters	14
courantes	11
courtesan	11
earthnuts	12
fortunate	12
foscarnet	14
nectarous	11
northeast	12
outcheats	14
outrances	11
stauncher	14
stonechat	14
theocrats	14
transfect	14
truncates	11
turncoats	11
unchaster	14