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RETRACT

7 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 5 pts
Big 5 pts
Super Big 5 pts

RETRACT is a valid 7-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 5 in Classic, 5 in Big, and 5 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

RETRACTS-s 11 RETRACTING-ing 11 RETRACTED-ed 11

Might be on the same board

Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

RETRACTION 11 RETRACTIVE 11 RETRACTABLE 11 RETRACTIBLE 11 RETRACTIONS 11 RETRACTATION 11 RETRACTIVELY 11 RETRACTATIONS 11 RETRACTABILITY 11 RETRACTIBILITY 11
verb
  1. transitiveTo pull (something) back or back inside.
    • An airplane retracts its wheels for flight.
  2. specificallytransitiveTo draw (an extended body part) back into the body.
    • A cat can retract its claws.
  3. raretransitiveTo avert (one's eyes or a gaze).
  4. transitiveTo pronounce (a sound, especially a vowel) farther to the back of the vocal tract.
  5. obsoletetransitiveTo hold back (something); to restrain.
  6. intransitiveTo draw back; to draw up; to withdraw.
    • The bus was stuck at the stop as its wheelchair ramp wouldn’t retract after use.
    • Muscles retract after amputation.
  7. obsoletetransitiveTo cancel or take back (something, such as an edict or a favour or grant previously bestowed); to rescind, to revoke.
  8. obsoletetransitiveTo break or fail to keep (a promise, etc.); to renege.
  9. obsoletetransitiveTo take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written); to disavow, to repudiate.
    • I retract all the accusations I made about the senator and sincerely hope he won’t sue me.
  10. obsoletetransitiveOriginally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo (a move); specifically (card games) to take back or withdraw (a card which has been played).
  11. intransitiveobsoleteTo decline or fail to do something promised; to break one's word.
  12. intransitiveobsoleteOf something said or written (such as published academic work): to take back or withdraw.
  13. archaicintransitiveobsoleteTo change one's mind after declaring an intention to make a certain move.
noun
  1. obsoleteAn act of retracting or withdrawing (a mistake, a statement, etc.); a retraction.
  2. obsoleteA pulling back, especially (military) of an army or military troops; a pull-back, a retreat; also, a signal for this to be done.
  3. obsoleteA subgroup of a given group such that there is a surjective endomorphism from the ambient group to the subgroup which is constant on the subgroup; in this case the subgroup is a retract of the ambient group. In symbols: H in G is a retract of G if there exists a surjective homomorphism σ from G to H with σ|_H= operatorname id.
  4. obsoleteThe target of a retraction.
  5. obsoleteSynonym of retreat (“an act of accidentally injuring a horse's foot by incorrectly nailing it during shoeing”).