Definition of traced

"traced" in the verb sense

1. trace, follow

follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something

"We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"

"trace the student's progress"

"trace one's ancestry"

2. trace, draw, line, describe, delineate

make a mark or lines on a surface

"draw a line"

"trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

3. trace, retrace

to go back over again

"we retraced the route we took last summer"

"trace your path"

4. hound, hunt, trace

pursue or chase relentlessly

"The hunters traced the deer into the woods"

"the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"

5. trace

discover traces of

"She traced the circumstances of her birth"

6. trace

make one's course or travel along a path travel or pass over, around, or along

"The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"

"The women traced the pasture"

7. trace

copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it make a tracing of

"trace a design"

"trace a pattern"

8. decipher, trace

read with difficulty

"Can you decipher this letter?"

"The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"

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Quotations for traced

As yet, no navigator has traced lines of latitude and longitude on the conjugal sea. [ Balzac ]

The feather whence the pen was shaped that traced the lives of these good men, dropped from an angel's wing. [ Wordsworth ]

Every alphabet now in use may be traced with historical certainty to one original, the Phoenician or Syriac. [ Chatfield ]

Every trait of beauty may be traced to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, and heroism. [ St. Pierre ]

It is from Cadmus, the inventor of the alphabet, this ingenious art comes to us of painting words, speaking to the eyes, and by the different form of traced figures, giving color and body to the thoughts. [ De Brebeuf ]

O, if the deeds of human creatures could be traced to their source, how beautiful would even death appear; for how much charity, mercy, and purified affection would be seen to have their growth in dusty graves! [ Dickens ]

To behold, is not necessary to observe, and the power of comparing and combining is only to be obtained by education. It is much to be regretted that habits of exact observation are not cultivated in our schools; to this deficiency may be traced much of the fallacious reasoning, the false philosophy which prevails. [ Humboldt ]

The importance of the romantic element does not rest upon conjecture. Pleasing testimonies abound. Hannah More traced her earliest impressions of virtue to works of fiction; and Adam Clarke gives a list of tales that won his boyish admiration. Books of entertainment led him to believe in a spiritual world; and he felt sure of having been a coward, but for romances. He declared that he had learned more of his duty to God, his neighbor and himself from Robinson Crusoe than from all the books, except the Bible, that were known to his youth. [ Willmott ]

traced in Scrabble®

The word traced is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters traced:

REDACT
(36)
TRACED
(36)
CRATED
(36)
CARTED
(36)
DECART
(36)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word traced

TRACED
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TRACED
(33)
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(30)
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(11)
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(11)
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(11)
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(10)

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

REDACT
(36)
TRACED
(36)
CRATED
(36)
CARTED
(36)
DECART
(36)
REDACT
(33)
CARTED
(33)
ACTED
(33)
CEDAR
(33)
CADRE
(33)
CARED
(33)
DECART
(33)
CRATED
(33)
CADET
(33)
TRACED
(33)
CRATED
(30)
CARTED
(30)
DECART
(30)
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(30)
REDACT
(30)
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(30)
CATER
(30)
ARCED
(30)
REDACT
(30)
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(30)
CARED
(30)
ACTER
(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
CARD
(30)
ACTED
(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
CARET
(30)
DECART
(30)
CRATED
(30)
TRACE
(30)
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(30)
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(30)
REACT
(30)
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(30)
CRATED
(30)
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(30)
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(30)
TRACED
(30)
CADRE
(28)
CADET
(28)
CEDAR
(28)
CARED
(28)
ACED
(27)
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(27)
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(27)
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(27)
ACTED
(27)
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(27)
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(27)
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ARCED
(27)
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(27)
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(27)
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(27)
CARD
(27)
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(27)
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(27)
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(24)
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(24)
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(22)
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CRATED
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traced in Words With Friends™

The word traced is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters traced:

DECART
(66)
TRACED
(66)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word traced

TRACED
(66)
TRACED
(54)
TRACED
(42)
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(42)
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(40)
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(40)
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(36)
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(36)
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(36)
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(30)
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(28)
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(24)
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(11)
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(11)
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(11)
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(11)
TRACED
(10)

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

DECART
(66)
TRACED
(66)
CRATED
(60)
CARTED
(60)
DECART
(54)
REDACT
(54)
CRATED
(54)
CARTED
(54)
TRACED
(54)
CARED
(51)
ACTED
(51)
CEDAR
(51)
CADET
(51)
CADRE
(51)
CRATED
(48)
CARET
(48)
CRATE
(48)
TRACE
(48)
REDACT
(48)
ACTER
(48)
CARTED
(48)
CARD
(48)
REACT
(48)
CATER
(48)
CARE
(45)
CART
(45)
TRACED
(42)
CRATED
(42)
CARTED
(42)
REDACT
(42)
DECART
(42)
REDACT
(42)
DECART
(42)
TRACED
(42)
CRATED
(40)
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(40)
CARTED
(40)
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(40)
REDACT
(40)
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(40)
CRATED
(40)
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(40)
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(40)
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(40)
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(39)
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(39)
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(39)
ARCED
(39)
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(36)
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(36)
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(36)
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(36)
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(36)
CADRE
(36)
CARD
(36)
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(36)
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(36)
CRATED
(36)
ACTED
(36)
CADET
(36)
CRATED
(36)
CRATED
(36)
CRATED
(36)
REDACT
(36)
ACED
(36)
DECART
(36)
CARTED
(36)
REDACT
(36)
ARCED
(36)
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(36)
CRATED
(36)
TRACED
(36)
CARED
(36)
RACED
(36)
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(36)
CARTED
(36)
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(36)
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(36)
DECART
(36)
REDACT
(36)
CADET
(34)
CEDAR
(34)
CARED
(34)
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(34)
ARCED
(33)
CARED
(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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(32)
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(32)
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(32)
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(32)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(28)
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(28)
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(28)
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(28)
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(28)
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(28)
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(28)
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(28)
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(27)
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(27)
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(27)
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(26)
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