DIFFRACTION
11 letters · valid in our word list
Scrabble score
20
Words with Friends score
22
Meaning
- noun
- when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
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Words inside DIFFRACTION
80 shorter words you can make from these letters.
9-letter
8-letter
7-letter
- affront13
- caitiff15
- carotid10
- carotin9
- conidia10
- crinoid10
- diatron8
- diction10
- dinitro8
- faction12
- factoid13
- fatidic13
- fiction12
- frantic12
- indraft11
- infarct12
- infract12
- noritic9
- traffic15
- triacid10
- triadic10
6-letter
- action8
- adrift10
- adroit7
- afford13
- anodic9
- aortic8
- aroint6
- atonic8
- candor9
- cantor8
- carton8
- cation8
- citrin8
- citron8
- coffin14
- confit11
- contra8
- cortin8
- craton8
- dacoit9
- factor11
- fantod10
- forint9
- fracti11
- iatric8
- indict9
- inroad7
- ironic8
- nitric8
- nitrid7
- nordic9
- ordain7
- rancid9
- ration6
- tariff12
- tiffin12
- trifid10