Definition of references

"references" in the noun sense

1. mention, reference

a remark that calls attention to something or someone

"she made frequent mention of her promotion"

"there was no mention of it"

"the speaker made several references to his wife"

2. citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

"the student's essay failed to list several important citations"

"the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"

"the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"

3. reference point, point of reference, reference

an indicator that orients you generally

"it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved"

4. reference book, reference, reference work, book of facts

a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts

"he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"

5. character, reference, character reference

a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

"requests for character references are all too often answered evasively"

6. reference, denotation, extension

the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression the class of objects that an expression refers to

"the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"

7. reference, consultation

the act of referring or consulting

"reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"

8. reference, source

a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

"he carried an armful of references back to his desk"

"he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"

9. address, computer address, reference

computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

10. reference

the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to

"he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes"

"references" in the verb sense

1. reference, cite

refer to

"he referenced his colleagues' work"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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references in Scrabble®

The word references 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 references:

REFERENCES
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (6 words)

fencers, reefers, refence, referee, serener, sneerer

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word references

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

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references in Words With Friends™

The word references 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: 17

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

REFERENCES
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (6 words)

fencers, reefers, refence, referee, serener, sneerer

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word references

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

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Words within the letters of references

2 letter words in references (3 words)

3 letter words in references (8 words)

4 letter words in references (12 words)

6 letter words in references (7 words)

7 letter words in references (6 words)

8 letter words in references (4 words)

9 letter words in references (1 word)

10 letter words in references (1 word)

references + 1 blank (2 words)

references + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence references

Words that start with references (1 word)

Words with references in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving references

Shorter words in references

en reference

ef ref refer reference

re ref refer reference

Longer words containing references

coreferences

crossreferences

dereferences

georeferences

preferences

subreferences