Definition of exertion

"exertion" in the noun sense

1. effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat

use of physical or mental energy hard work

"he got an A for effort"

"they managed only with great exertion"

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Quotations for exertion

Great joy is only earned by great exertion. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Nothing is impossible to perseverance and exertion. [ Mrs. Opie ]

Fortitude, justice, and candor are very necessary instruments of happiness, but they require time and exertion. [ Sydney Smith ]

How many languish in obscurity, who would become great if emulation and encouragement incited them to exertion! [ Fenelon ]

A woman is seldom roused to great and courageous exertion but when something most dear to her is in immediate danger. [ Joanna Baillie ]

That single effort by which we stop short in the down-hill path to perdition is of itself a greater exertion of virtue than a hundred acts of justice. [ Goldsmith ]

Firmness, both in sufferance and exertion, is a character I would wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and the cowardly feeble resolve. [ Burns ]

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and cease exertion in the proper place, than to expend both indiscriminately. [ Ruskin ]

What is difficulty? Only a word indicating the degree of strength requisite for accomplishing particular objects; a mere notice of the necessity for exertion; a bugbear to children and fools; only a mere stimulus to men. [ Samuel Warren ]

exertion in Scrabble®

The word exertion 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 exertion:

EXERTION
(144)
EXERTION
(144)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word exertion

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

EXERTION
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EXERTION
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EXERTION
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OXTER
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exertion in Words With Friends™

The word exertion 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™ Plays In The Letters exertion:

EXERTION
(108)
EXERTION
(108)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word exertion

EXERTION
(108)
EXERTION
(108)
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(102)
EXERTION
(96)
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(72)
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(68)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In exertion

EXERTION
(108)
EXERTION
(108)
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(102)
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(96)
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Words within the letters of exertion

2 letter words in exertion (11 words)

3 letter words in exertion (18 words)

5 letter words in exertion (12 words)

6 letter words in exertion (4 words)

8 letter words in exertion (1 word)

exertion + 1 blank (2 words)

Words containing the sequence exertion

Words that start with exertion (3 words)

Words with exertion in them (2 words)

Words that end with exertion (2 words)

Word Growth involving exertion

Shorter words in exertion

ex exert

on ion

Longer words containing exertion

exertionless

exertions overexertions

overexertion overexertions