distrait
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 8
/dɪˈstɹeɪ/
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/dɪˈstɹeɪ/ · /ˈdɪstɹeɪ/
Definition of distrait
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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absent-minded, troubled, distracted
“I noticed that after my host had read it he seemed even more distrait and strange than before.”
“Seated upon the fallen hornbeam, Mrs Thoroughfare was regarding distraitly the sky.”
“1996: John Le Carré, The Tailor of Panama (Knopf 1996, hardback edition, page 221) "Forgive me for being a fraction distrait today. We're trying to prevent another war."”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French distrait.
Words you can make from distrait
108 playable · top: DIARIST (8 pts)
Best play diarist 8 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
22 words4-letter words
37 words- ADIT 5 pts
- AIDS 5 pts
- ARID 5 pts
- DAIS 5 pts
- DART 5 pts
- DIRT 5 pts
- DITA 5 pts
- DITS 5 pts
- DRAT 5 pts
- IRID 5 pts
- RADS 5 pts
- RAID 5 pts
- RIDS 5 pts
- SADI 5 pts
- SAID 5 pts
- SARD 5 pts
- TADS 5 pts
- TRAD 5 pts
- AIRS 4 pts
- AIRT 4 pts
- AITS 4 pts
- ARTS 4 pts
- IRIS 4 pts
- RAIS 4 pts
- RATS 4 pts
- RIAS 4 pts
- SARI 4 pts
- SATI 4 pts
- STAR 4 pts
- STAT 4 pts
- STIR 4 pts
- TARS 4 pts
- TART 4 pts
- TATS 4 pts
- TITI 4 pts
- TITS 4 pts
- TSAR 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- ADS 4 pts
- AID 4 pts
- DAS 4 pts
- DIS 4 pts
- DIT 4 pts
- IDS 4 pts
- RAD 4 pts
- RID 4 pts
- SAD 4 pts
- TAD 4 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- AIS 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATS 3 pts
- ATT 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
- SAT 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TAS 3 pts
- TAT 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
- TIT 3 pts
2-letter words
12 wordsHooks
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