Definition of misdirection

"misdirection" in the noun sense

1. misdirection

an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge

2. misdirection

incorrect directions or instructions

3. mismanagement, misdirection

management that is careless or inefficient

"he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies"

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 misdirection

Superstition is a misdirection of religious feeling. [ Whately ]

misdirection in Scrabble®

The word misdirection 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: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters misdirection:

MISDIRECTION
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (118 words)

ceroids, cinders, cistern, citrine, citrons, coedits, coiners, cornets, credits, cretins, crimson, crinoid, cronies, deistic, demonic, demotic, diciest, diction, dietics, diimine, dimeric, diorite, diosmin, directs, dirties, discern, ditsier, dormice, edition, editors, endmost, eosinic, erotics, iconism, iconist, idiotic, imidine, incised, incisor, incited, inciter, incites, incomer, incomes, indices, indicts, inditer, indites, indorse, inosite, insider, interim, iodines, iodiser, iodites, ionised, ioniser, irenics, iridise, ironies, meiotic, menisci, mentors, meronts, metrics, microns, mincers, minders, mindset, minters, mintier, miscite, miscode, miscoin, misdoer, misdone, misedit, mistier, moderns, moisten, moister, monster, mordent, mortise, nimrods, nitride, noisier, nordics, norites, noticed, notices, orients, recoins, reminds, remints, rescind, rodents, roisted, rosined, scorned, section, sericin, snorted, somitic, soricid, sortied, steroid, stimied, stonier, storied, stormed, termini, tidiers, tierods, timider, tinders, tridems, triones

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word misdirection

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

MISDIRECTION
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MISDIRECTION
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MISDIRECTION
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misdirection in Words With Friends™

The word misdirection 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: 20

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

MISDIRECTION
(270)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (118 words)

ceroids, cinders, cistern, citrine, citrons, coedits, coiners, cornets, credits, cretins, crimson, crinoid, cronies, deistic, demonic, demotic, diciest, diction, dietics, diimine, dimeric, diorite, diosmin, directs, dirties, discern, ditsier, dormice, edition, editors, endmost, eosinic, erotics, iconism, iconist, idiotic, imidine, incised, incisor, incited, inciter, incites, incomer, incomes, indices, indicts, inditer, indites, indorse, inosite, insider, interim, iodines, iodiser, iodites, ionised, ioniser, irenics, iridise, ironies, meiotic, menisci, mentors, meronts, metrics, microns, mincers, minders, mindset, minters, mintier, miscite, miscode, miscoin, misdoer, misdone, misedit, mistier, moderns, moisten, moister, monster, mordent, mortise, nimrods, nitride, noisier, nordics, norites, noticed, notices, orients, recoins, reminds, remints, rescind, rodents, roisted, rosined, scorned, section, sericin, snorted, somitic, soricid, sortied, steroid, stimied, stonier, storied, stormed, termini, tidiers, tierods, timider, tinders, tridems, triones

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word misdirection

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

MISDIRECTION
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DORMICE
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COEDITS
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CEROIDS
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MISEDIT
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Words within the letters of misdirection

2 letter words in misdirection (16 words)

11 letter words in misdirection (1 word)

12 letter words in misdirection (1 word)

misdirection + 1 blank (2 words)

misdirection + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence misdirection

Words that start with misdirection (2 words)

Words with misdirection in them (1 word)

Words that end with misdirection (1 word)

Word Growth involving misdirection

Shorter words in misdirection

re ire dire direct direction

on ion direction

re ire dire direct misdirect

is misdirect

mi misdirect

Longer words containing misdirection

misdirections