Definition of distraction

"distraction" in the noun sense

1. distraction

mental turmoil

"he drives me to distraction"

2. distraction

an obstacle to attention

3. beguilement, distraction

an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations

4. distraction, misdirection

the act of distracting drawing someone's attention away from something

"conjurers are experts at misdirection"

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Quotations for distraction

There is a charm, a power, that sways the breast,
Bids every passion revel or be still,
Inspires with anger, or all your cares dissolves;
Can soothe distraction and most despair,
That power is music. [ Armstrong ]

Wickedness is a kind of voluntary frenzy, and a chosen distraction. [ Tillotson ]

Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several - from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from stupidity, from distraction of thought, from contempt of others, from jealousy. [ La Bruyere ]

distraction in Scrabble®

The word distraction 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® Plays In The Letters distraction:

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (42 words)

actions, astroid, atonics, candors, cantors, carotid, cartons, cations, citator, citrons, conidia, corands, cratons, crinoid, diarist, diction, discant, distant, distort, donairs, drastic, iconist, incisor, indicts, inroads, intorts, nicosia, nordics, octants, ordains, rations, rattons, ricotta, satiric, soricid, station, straint, tantric, titanic, transit, triadic, tricots

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word distraction

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In distraction

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distraction in Words With Friends™

The word distraction 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: 16

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

DISTRACTION
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (42 words)

actions, astroid, atonics, candors, cantors, carotid, cartons, cations, citator, citrons, conidia, corands, cratons, crinoid, diarist, diction, discant, distant, distort, donairs, drastic, iconist, incisor, indicts, inroads, intorts, nicosia, nordics, octants, ordains, rations, rattons, ricotta, satiric, soricid, station, straint, tantric, titanic, transit, triadic, tricots

 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In distraction

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