Definition of distracted

"distracted" in the verb sense

1. distract, deflect

draw someone's attention away from something

"The thief distracted the bystanders"

"He deflected his competitors"

2. perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder

disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

"She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"

"distracted" in the adjective sense

1. distracted, distrait

having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety

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Quotations for distracted

Angry men and drunken men, during the fit, are distracted. [ Proverb ]

One means very effectual for the preservation of health is a quiet and cheerful mind, not afflicted with violent passions or distracted with immoderate cares. [ John Ray ]

Weakness can never be beautiful, either morally or physically: and though the feminine type may possess greater softness and more feeling, it must be active, firm, and healthy, or it cannot be beautiful; the weak mind, distracted by alternations of feeling, and constant craving for help and sympathy from others, cannot at the same time possess that tenderness and unselfish devotion which is the loveliest trait of the female character. [ M. Martell ]

distracted in Scrabble®

The word distracted is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters distracted:

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (31 words)

addicts, aridest, artiest, astride, attired, attires, caddies, cattier, citrate, credits, cristae, dacites, detract, dictate, directs, discard, disrate, drastic, iratest, raciest, radices, redacts, scatted, scatter, sidecar, started, statice, striate, tastier, tirades, trisect

 

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distracted in Words With Friends™

The word distracted is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters distracted:

DISTRACTED
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (31 words)

addicts, aridest, artiest, astride, attired, attires, caddies, cattier, citrate, credits, cristae, dacites, detract, dictate, directs, discard, disrate, drastic, iratest, raciest, radices, redacts, scatted, scatter, sidecar, started, statice, striate, tastier, tirades, trisect

 

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Words within the letters of distracted

2 letter words in distracted (10 words)

9 letter words in distracted (2 words)

10 letter words in distracted (1 word)

distracted + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence distracted

Words that start with distracted (3 words)

Words with distracted in them (3 words)

Words that end with distracted (3 words)

Word Growth involving distracted

Shorter words in distracted

act acted

is distract

act tract distract

Longer words containing distracted

distractedly nondistractedly

distractedly undistractedly

distractedness

nondistracted nondistractedly

undistracted undistractedly