Definition of subtraction

"subtraction" in the noun sense

1. subtraction, minus

an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

"the subtraction of three from four leaves one"

"four minus three equals one"

2. subtraction, deduction

the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole

"he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"

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subtraction in Scrabble®

The word subtraction 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 subtraction:

SUBTRACTION
(144)
SUBTRACTION
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (49 words)

abortus, actions, atonics, auction, bastion, botanic, bucinas, buttons, cantors, carbons, caribou, cartons, cations, caution, citator, citrons, cobnuts, cratons, cuatros, curtain, incrust, intorts, intrust, nitrous, obtains, octants, outbats, outcast, outrant, rainout, rations, rattons, ricotta, rubicon, station, straint, strobic, suction, tantric, toucans, tourist, transit, tricots, truants, turbans, turbots, unbaits, uncarts, unstoic

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word subtraction

SUBTRACTION
(144)
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(18)

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

SUBTRACTION
(144)
SUBTRACTION
(144)
SUBTRACTION
(96)
SUBTRACTION
(96)
COBNUTS
(94 = 44 + 50)
STROBIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
BOTANIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
CARBONS
(94 = 44 + 50)
CARIBOU
(94 = 44 + 50)
RUBICON
(94 = 44 + 50)
BUCINAS
(94 = 44 + 50)
COBNUTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
RUBICON
(92 = 42 + 50)
CARBONS
(92 = 42 + 50)
CARBONS
(92 = 42 + 50)
BOTANIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
STROBIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
BOTANIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
RUBICON
(92 = 42 + 50)
COBNUTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
CARBONS
(92 = 42 + 50)
STROBIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
CARIBOU
(92 = 42 + 50)
BUCINAS
(92 = 42 + 50)
BUCINAS
(92 = 42 + 50)
CARIBOU
(92 = 42 + 50)
CATIONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CATIONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SUCTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
TURBOTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
OUTBATS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TOUCANS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARBONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
ABORTUS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRICOTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COBNUTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
OCTANTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
OBTAINS
(86 = 36 + 50)
ATONICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARIBOU
(86 = 36 + 50)
RUBICON
(86 = 36 + 50)
RICOTTA
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARIBOU
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRICOTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TURBANS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRICOTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CANTORS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COBNUTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COBNUTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
ATONICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TURBANS
(86 = 36 + 50)
OCTANTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNCARTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SUCTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARBONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TOUCANS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARBONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
BOTANIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
BASTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
BASTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
CITRONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
AUCTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
BOTANIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CITRONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CUATROS
(86 = 36 + 50)
BOTANIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
AUCTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
CUATROS
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNBAITS
(86 = 36 + 50)
OUTCAST
(86 = 36 + 50)
CANTORS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CITATOR
(86 = 36 + 50)
CITATOR
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNBAITS
(86 = 36 + 50)
BOTANIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
ABORTUS
(86 = 36 + 50)
INCRUST
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARBONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
OUTBATS
(86 = 36 + 50)
OUTBATS
(86 = 36 + 50)
OUTCAST
(86 = 36 + 50)
TURBOTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TOUCANS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TURBOTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
INCRUST
(86 = 36 + 50)
TANTRIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CAUTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNCARTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARBONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CAUTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
TANTRIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
BOTANIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
BOTANIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
OBTAINS
(86 = 36 + 50)
OUTCAST
(86 = 36 + 50)
RUBICON
(86 = 36 + 50)
BUCINAS
(86 = 36 + 50)
ACTIONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
BUCINAS
(86 = 36 + 50)
RUBICON
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARIBOU
(86 = 36 + 50)
STROBIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
TURBANS
(86 = 36 + 50)
RUBICON
(86 = 36 + 50)
COBNUTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
BUTTONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
RUBICON
(86 = 36 + 50)
RUBICON
(86 = 36 + 50)
RICOTTA
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRATONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNSTOIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
STROBIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
STROBIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
STROBIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
BUCINAS
(86 = 36 + 50)
BUCINAS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COBNUTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
BUTTONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARTONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARIBOU
(86 = 36 + 50)
CURTAIN
(86 = 36 + 50)
STROBIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
BUCINAS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COBNUTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNSTOIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARIBOU
(86 = 36 + 50)
BUCINAS
(86 = 36 + 50)
STROBIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARTONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CURTAIN
(86 = 36 + 50)
ACTIONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARIBOU
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRATONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COBNUTS
(84 = 34 + 50)
RUBICON
(84 = 34 + 50)
BUCINAS
(84 = 34 + 50)
STROBIC
(84 = 34 + 50)
CARIBOU
(84 = 34 + 50)
STROBIC
(84 = 34 + 50)
BUCINAS
(84 = 34 + 50)
COBNUTS
(84 = 34 + 50)
RUBICON
(84 = 34 + 50)
BOTANIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
COBNUTS
(83 = 33 + 50)
BUCINAS
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARBONS
(83 = 33 + 50)
STROBIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARIBOU
(83 = 33 + 50)
RUBICON
(83 = 33 + 50)
BASTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
CITATOR
(80 = 30 + 50)
CAUTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
TANTRIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
CARTONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CARIBOU
(80 = 30 + 50)
CITATOR
(80 = 30 + 50)
BASTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
OUTCAST
(80 = 30 + 50)
CARTONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CAUTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
TANTRIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
INCRUST
(80 = 30 + 50)
OUTCAST
(80 = 30 + 50)
CAUTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
CUATROS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CARTONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
BASTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
CUATROS
(80 = 30 + 50)
OUTCAST
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNBAITS
(80 = 30 + 50)
AUCTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
CRATONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
AUCTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
CRATONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CITATOR
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNBAITS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CUATROS
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNBAITS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CUATROS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CANTORS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CANTORS
(80 = 30 + 50)
OUTCAST
(80 = 30 + 50)
CITATOR
(80 = 30 + 50)
CITATOR
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNBAITS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CARIBOU
(80 = 30 + 50)
BASTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
CITATOR
(80 = 30 + 50)
CITATOR
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNBAITS
(80 = 30 + 50)
TANTRIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
CRATONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
AUCTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
BASTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
CUATROS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CRATONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
BASTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNBAITS
(80 = 30 + 50)
AUCTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNBAITS
(80 = 30 + 50)

subtraction in Words With Friends™

The word subtraction 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: 19

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

SUBTRACTION
(261)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (49 words)

abortus, actions, atonics, auction, bastion, botanic, bucinas, buttons, cantors, carbons, caribou, cartons, cations, caution, citator, citrons, cobnuts, cratons, cuatros, curtain, incrust, intorts, intrust, nitrous, obtains, octants, outbats, outcast, outrant, rainout, rations, rattons, ricotta, rubicon, station, straint, strobic, suction, tantric, toucans, tourist, transit, tricots, truants, turbans, turbots, unbaits, uncarts, unstoic

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word subtraction

SUBTRACTION
(261)
SUBTRACTION
(207)
SUBTRACTION
(207)
SUBTRACTION
(126)
SUBTRACTION
(126)
SUBTRACTION
(92)
SUBTRACTION
(88)
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(87)
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(87)
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(84)
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(80)
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(80)
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(76)
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(76)
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(76)
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(70)
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(62)
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(50)
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(46)
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(46)
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(38)
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(28)
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(27)
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(25)
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(24)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In subtraction

SUBTRACTION
(261)
SUBTRACTION
(207)
SUBTRACTION
(207)
COBNUTS
(128 = 93 + 35)
BUCINAS
(128 = 93 + 35)
SUBTRACTION
(126)
SUBTRACTION
(126)
STROBIC
(122 = 87 + 35)
RUBICON
(116 = 81 + 35)
BOTANIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
CARBONS
(113 = 78 + 35)
CARIBOU
(113 = 78 + 35)
RUBICON
(110 = 75 + 35)
TURBANS
(107 = 72 + 35)
TURBANS
(107 = 72 + 35)
UNBAITS
(107 = 72 + 35)
CAUTION
(107 = 72 + 35)
BOTANIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
CARIBOU
(107 = 72 + 35)
CARBONS
(107 = 72 + 35)
UNCARTS
(107 = 72 + 35)
TOUCANS
(107 = 72 + 35)
CARBONS
(107 = 72 + 35)
TURBOTS
(104 = 69 + 35)
ATONICS
(104 = 69 + 35)
OUTBATS
(104 = 69 + 35)
OUTCAST
(104 = 69 + 35)
COBNUTS
(104 = 69 + 35)
CANTORS
(104 = 69 + 35)
BUCINAS
(104 = 69 + 35)
TOUCANS
(101 = 66 + 35)
UNSTOIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
BOTANIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
AUCTION
(101 = 66 + 35)
INCRUST
(101 = 66 + 35)
CARIBOU
(101 = 66 + 35)
CARBONS
(101 = 66 + 35)
CARBONS
(101 = 66 + 35)
CARBONS
(101 = 66 + 35)
SUCTION
(101 = 66 + 35)
BUTTONS
(101 = 66 + 35)
BOTANIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
CURTAIN
(101 = 66 + 35)
CATIONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
BUCINAS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CRATONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
ACTIONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
ABORTUS
(98 = 63 + 35)
COBNUTS
(98 = 63 + 35)
RUBICON
(98 = 63 + 35)
TANTRIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
BUCINAS
(98 = 63 + 35)
OBTAINS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CARTONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
STROBIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
COBNUTS
(98 = 63 + 35)
OCTANTS
(98 = 63 + 35)
OUTBATS
(98 = 63 + 35)
COBNUTS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CITRONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
TURBOTS
(98 = 63 + 35)
OUTCAST
(98 = 63 + 35)
CUATROS
(98 = 63 + 35)
BASTION
(98 = 63 + 35)
CURTAIN
(95 = 60 + 35)
BUCINAS
(95 = 60 + 35)
RUBICON
(95 = 60 + 35)
BUCINAS
(95 = 60 + 35)
TRICOTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
CAUTION
(95 = 60 + 35)
UNSTOIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
TRICOTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
COBNUTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
COBNUTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
TURBANS
(95 = 60 + 35)
TURBANS
(95 = 60 + 35)
BUTTONS
(95 = 60 + 35)
COBNUTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
TOUCANS
(95 = 60 + 35)
BUCINAS
(95 = 60 + 35)
RUBICON
(95 = 60 + 35)
CITATOR
(95 = 60 + 35)
RICOTTA
(95 = 60 + 35)
TOUCANS
(95 = 60 + 35)
RUBICON
(95 = 60 + 35)
BUCINAS
(92 = 57 + 35)
TURBOTS
(92 = 57 + 35)
SUBTRACTION
(92)
CATIONS
(92 = 57 + 35)
OBTAINS
(92 = 57 + 35)
OUTCAST
(92 = 57 + 35)
CRATONS
(92 = 57 + 35)
OUTBATS
(92 = 57 + 35)
CUATROS
(92 = 57 + 35)
OUTBATS
(92 = 57 + 35)
ACTIONS
(92 = 57 + 35)
OUTCAST
(92 = 57 + 35)
CANTORS
(92 = 57 + 35)
OCTANTS
(92 = 57 + 35)
COBNUTS
(92 = 57 + 35)
COBNUTS
(92 = 57 + 35)
BASTION
(92 = 57 + 35)
ABORTUS
(92 = 57 + 35)
TURBOTS
(92 = 57 + 35)
TANTRIC
(92 = 57 + 35)
CARTONS
(92 = 57 + 35)
RUBICON
(92 = 57 + 35)
ATONICS
(92 = 57 + 35)
BUCINAS
(92 = 57 + 35)
RUBICON
(92 = 57 + 35)
RUBICON
(92 = 57 + 35)
CITRONS
(92 = 57 + 35)
BOTANIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
CARBONS
(91 = 56 + 35)
CARIBOU
(91 = 56 + 35)
CARBONS
(91 = 56 + 35)
CARIBOU
(91 = 56 + 35)
CARBONS
(91 = 56 + 35)
CARIBOU
(91 = 56 + 35)
BOTANIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
BOTANIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
COBNUT
(90)
BUCINA
(90)
CITATOR
(89 = 54 + 35)
INCRUST
(89 = 54 + 35)
CARIBOU
(89 = 54 + 35)
UNSTOIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
CARIBOU
(89 = 54 + 35)
CARIBOU
(89 = 54 + 35)
UNCARTS
(89 = 54 + 35)
CURTAIN
(89 = 54 + 35)
INCRUST
(89 = 54 + 35)
TRICOTS
(89 = 54 + 35)
AUCTION
(89 = 54 + 35)
AUCTION
(89 = 54 + 35)
BOTANIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
CURTAIN
(89 = 54 + 35)
CAUTION
(89 = 54 + 35)
SUCTION
(89 = 54 + 35)
SUCTION
(89 = 54 + 35)
CARBONS
(89 = 54 + 35)
TOUCANS
(89 = 54 + 35)
UNBAITS
(89 = 54 + 35)
BOTANIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
CARBONS
(89 = 54 + 35)
UNSTOIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
BUTTONS
(89 = 54 + 35)
BUTTONS
(89 = 54 + 35)
TRICOTS
(89 = 54 + 35)
SUBTRACTION
(88)
STROBIC
(87 = 52 + 35)
CABINS
(87)
SUBTRACTION
(87)
STROBIC
(87 = 52 + 35)
CUBITS
(87)
STROBIC
(87 = 52 + 35)
SUBTRACTION
(87)
CUBIST
(87)
BUCINAS
(86 = 51 + 35)
RUBICON
(86 = 51 + 35)
CITRONS
(86 = 51 + 35)
BASTION
(86 = 51 + 35)
OBTAINS
(86 = 51 + 35)
RAINOUT
(86 = 51 + 35)
CUATROS
(86 = 51 + 35)
ACTIONS
(86 = 51 + 35)
RUBICON
(86 = 51 + 35)
ABORTUS
(86 = 51 + 35)
BUCINAS
(86 = 51 + 35)
CRATONS
(86 = 51 + 35)
ATONICS
(86 = 51 + 35)
COBNUTS
(86 = 51 + 35)
COBNUTS
(86 = 51 + 35)
TANTRIC
(86 = 51 + 35)
RUBICON
(86 = 51 + 35)
RUBICON
(86 = 51 + 35)
CATIONS
(86 = 51 + 35)
STROBIC
(86 = 51 + 35)
COBNUTS
(86 = 51 + 35)
BUCINAS
(86 = 51 + 35)
CARTONS
(86 = 51 + 35)
STROBIC
(86 = 51 + 35)
OCTANTS
(86 = 51 + 35)
STROBIC
(86 = 51 + 35)
BUCINAS
(86 = 51 + 35)
SORBIC
(84)
SUBTRACTION
(84)
COBRAS
(84)
UNBAITS
(83 = 48 + 35)
CARIBOU
(83 = 48 + 35)
UNBAITS
(83 = 48 + 35)
CARIBOU
(83 = 48 + 35)
BOTANIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
UNSTOIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
CARIBOU
(83 = 48 + 35)
UNBAITS
(83 = 48 + 35)
INCRUST
(83 = 48 + 35)
UNCARTS
(83 = 48 + 35)
UNCARTS
(83 = 48 + 35)
BOTANIC
(83 = 48 + 35)

Words within the letters of subtraction

2 letter words in subtraction (19 words)

10 letter words in subtraction (3 words)

11 letter words in subtraction (1 word)

subtraction + 1 blank (3 words)

subtraction + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence subtraction

Words that start with subtraction (2 words)

Words with subtraction in them (1 word)

Words that end with subtraction (2 words)

Word Growth involving subtraction

Shorter words in subtraction

sub subtract

act tract subtract

act action traction

on ion action traction

act tract traction

Longer words containing subtraction

nonsubtraction

subtractions