extraction

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
21
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ɪkˈstɹækʃən/

Definition of extraction

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
See all 6 definitions

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
  2. (countable, uncountable)Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
    “They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.”
  3. (countable, uncountable)A person's origin or ancestry.
    “Our companion on these tours was a young tourist, an American of Russian extraction, whose questions and remarks drew our attention to some details of Haifa life that have become too familiar and would have otherwise passed unnoticed. ...”
  4. (countable, uncountable)The act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
  5. (countable, uncountable)The removal of a tooth from its socket.
  6. (countable, uncountable)The extraction yield of a brewed coffee.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio.

Anagrams of extraction

1 play · some not in Scrabble

Words you can make from extraction

200+ playable · top: ANOREXIC (17 pts)

Best play anorexic 17 points

9-letter words

1 word

8-letter words

13 words

7-letter words

40 words

6-letter words

81 words

5-letter words

64 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to extraction to make another valid word.

Find your best play with extraction

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes extraction, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.