retract
Retract commonly means to formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure, pull away from a source of disgust or fear, or use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ).
Length
7
Scrabble
9
WWF
10
Starts
RE
Ends
ACT
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “RETRACT” Mean?
/ɹəˈtɹækt/
retract has 4 documented senses across verb.
Verb
4 sensespull away from a source of disgust or fear
use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
pull inward or towards a center
“The pilot drew in the landing gear”
“The cat retracted his claws”
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
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Definition
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
Length
7 letters
Starts With
R
Ends With
T
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
R, E, T, R, A, C, T
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆RETRACT has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆RETRACT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆RETRACT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆RETRACT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCADEC
CV Pattern
CVCCVCC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
RE, ET, TR, RA, AC, CT
Trigrams
RET, ETR, TRA, RAC, ACT
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