Definition of reaction

"reaction" in the noun sense

1. chemical reaction, reaction

chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others

"there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water"

2. reaction

an idea evoked by some experience

"his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do"

3. reaction, response

a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

"a bad reaction to the medicine"

"his responses have slowed with age"

4. reaction

mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body

"every action has an equal and opposite reaction"

5. reaction

a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude

"he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance"

"John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp"

6. reaction

extreme conservatism in political or social matters

"the forces of reaction carried the election"

7. reaction

doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like

"his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"

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Quotations for reaction

Power, carried to extremes, is always liable to reaction. [ Rufus Choate ]

Both in individuals and in masses violent excitement is always followed by remission, and often by reaction. We are all inclined to depreciate whatever we have overpraised, and, on the other hand, to show undue indulgence where we have shown undue rigor. [ Macaulay ]

It is curious for one who studies the action and reaction of national literature on each other, to see the humor of Swift and Sterne and Fielding, after filtering through Richter, reappear in Carlyle with a tinge of Germanism that makes it novel, alien, or even displeasing, as the case may be, to the English mind. [ Lowell ]

There is still a real magic in the action and reaction of minds on one another. The casual deliration of a few becomes, by this mysterious reverberation, the frenzy of many; men lose the use, not only of their understandings, but of their bodily senses; while the most obdurate unbelieving hearts melt like the rest in the furnace where all are cast as victims and as fuel. [ Carlyle ]

reaction in Scrabble®

The word reaction 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: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters reaction:

REACTION
(117)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

aconite, certain, enactor, erotica, otarine

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word reaction

REACTION
(117)
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(99)
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(78)
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(66)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In reaction

REACTION
(117)
REACTION
(99)
ENACTOR
(86 = 36 + 50)
CERTAIN
(86 = 36 + 50)
EROTICA
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EROTICA
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EROTICA
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EROTICA
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REACTION
(78)
OTARINE
(78 = 28 + 50)
ACONITE
(77 = 27 + 50)
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CERTAIN
(77 = 27 + 50)
ENACTOR
(77 = 27 + 50)
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(76 = 26 + 50)
ACONITE
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ACONITE
(72 = 22 + 50)
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CERTAIN
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ACONITE
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OTARINE
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(66 = 16 + 50)
REACTION
(66)
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(66 = 16 + 50)
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reaction in Words With Friends™

The word reaction 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: 12

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

REACTION
(120)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

aconite, certain, enactor, erotica, otarine

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word reaction

REACTION
(120)
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(84)
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(66)
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(66)
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(56)
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(26)
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(24)
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(24)
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(13)

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

REACTION
(120)
ACONITE
(104 = 69 + 35)
ENACTOR
(104 = 69 + 35)
ENACTOR
(98 = 63 + 35)
CERTAIN
(98 = 63 + 35)
EROTICA
(95 = 60 + 35)
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(92 = 57 + 35)
ENACTOR
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ACONITE
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EROTICA
(89 = 54 + 35)
CERTAIN
(86 = 51 + 35)
ACONITE
(86 = 51 + 35)
REACTION
(84)
CERTAIN
(80 = 45 + 35)
ENACTOR
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ENACTOR
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ENACTOR
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CERTAIN
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ACONITE
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ACONITE
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CERTAIN
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OTARINE
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ACONITE
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OTARINE
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OTARINE
(67 = 32 + 35)
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OTARINE
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REACTION
(66)
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(66)
CANTER
(66)
NECTAR
(66)
CANOER
(66)
CANTOR
(66)
ATONIC
(66)
OTARINE
(65 = 30 + 35)
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CERTAIN
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RECANT
(60)
CRATON
(60)
CITRON
(60)
CARTON
(60)
CORNEA
(60)
COINER
(60)
CRETIN
(60)
CORNET
(60)
RECOIN
(60)
CATION
(60)
CERTAIN
(59 = 24 + 35)
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AORTIC
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RECOAT
(57)
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EROTIC
(57)
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CERTAIN
(56 = 21 + 35)
REACTION
(56)
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CRETIN
(54)
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
OCTANE
(54)
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(54)
NOTICE
(54)
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CATION
(54)
CANOER
(54)
CRATON
(54)
COINER
(54)
TRANCE
(54)
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(53 = 18 + 35)
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(53 = 18 + 35)
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OTARINE
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Words within the letters of reaction

2 letter words in reaction (13 words)

7 letter words in reaction (5 words)

8 letter words in reaction (Anagrams) (3 words)

Word Growth involving reaction

Shorter words in reaction

act action

on ion action

act react

re react

Longer words containing reaction

abreaction abreactions

chainreaction chainreactions

counterreaction counterreactions

immunoreaction immunoreactions

nonreaction

overreaction overreactions

photoreaction photoreactions

reactionaries

reactionarist reactionarists

reactionary

reactionist reactionists

reactions abreactions

reactions chainreactions

reactions counterreactions

reactions immunoreactions

reactions overreactions

reactions photoreactions