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Definition of distracting

"distracting" 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"

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Quotations for distracting

Laughing cheerfulness throws the light of day on all the paths of life; sorrow is more confusing and distracting than so-called giddiness. [ Jean Paul ]

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distracting in Scrabble®

The word distracting 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: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters distracting:

DISTRACTING

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (34 words)

airings, arising, carding, carting, casting, catting, crating, darting, diarist, discant, distant, drastic, gastric, gastrin, indicts, raiding, raising, ratings, ratting, ridings, satiric, scaring, sitting, staring, stating, straint, tantric, tasting, tidings, titanic, tracing, trading, transit, triadic

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distracting in Words With Friends™

The word distracting 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: 18

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

DISTRACTING

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (34 words)

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(252)

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Words within the letters of distracting

2 letter words in distracting (12 words)

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3 letter words in distracting (44 words)

act ads aid air ais and ant arc ars art cad can car cat cis dig din gad gas gin ids ins its nag nit rag ran rat rid rig sac sad sag sat sic sin sir sit tad tag tan tar tic tin

4 letter words in distracting (81 words)

5 letter words in distracting (85 words)

6 letter words in distracting (65 words)

7 letter words in distracting (34 words)

8 letter words in distracting (15 words)

artistic attiring carditis cartings distinct distract distrain district granitic scatting starting striding tracings tradings triadics

9 letter words in distracting (6 words)

attirings dictating digastric disrating distraint striating

11 letter words in distracting (1 word)

distracting

distracting + 2 blanks (1 word)

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Words containing the sequence distracting

Words that start with distracting (2 words)

distracting distractingly

Words with distracting in them (2 words)

distracting nondistractingly

Words that end with distracting (2 words)

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Word Growth involving distracting

Shorter words in distracting

act actin acting

in tin actin acting

in tin ting acting

is distract

act tract distract

Longer words containing distracting

distractingly nondistractingly

nondistracting nondistractingly