FreeScrabbleDictionary

redaction

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ɹəˈdækʃən/

Definition of redaction

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable)An edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.
    “The government supplied only the redaction to the reporters; the original was kept secret.”
    “The content of this codex is a redaction of information from various earlier works. [≈ edited selection]”
See all 3 definitions

noun

  1. (countable)An edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.
    “The government supplied only the redaction to the reporters; the original was kept secret.”
    “The content of this codex is a redaction of information from various earlier works. [≈ edited selection]”
  2. (countable)The change or changes made while editing.
  3. (uncountable)The process of editing or censoring.
    “The Expense Claims made by Members of Parliament must be subject to redaction before publication under the Freedom of Information Act. [≈ censoring]”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From French rédaction or its etymon New Latin redactiō (“redaction”), from Latin redigō (“to lead back, collect, prepare, reduce to a certain state”), from red- (“back”) + agō (“to put in motion, to drive”). By surface analysis, redact + -ion.

Anagrams of redaction

5 plays · some not in Scrabble

Words you can make from redaction

200+ playable · top: ACTIONED (11 pts)

Best play actioned 11 points

8-letter words

16 words

7-letter words

29 words

6-letter words

112 words

5-letter words

42 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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

Back

Find your best play with redaction

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

Find more plays Browse word lists