REACTION — 8 letter word
reaction
The word reaction has 8 letters: R, E, A, C, T, I, O, N. It contains 4 vowels and 4 consonants. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Reaction has 4 anagrams: actioner, anoretic, cortinae, creation. As a noun, it means "doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like".
8 letter word "reaction": R E A C T I O N — noun
Scrabble score: 10 Words With Friends: 12
Letter Analysis of reaction
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| C | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| I | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| O | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| N | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
4 vowels, 4 consonants, 8 unique letters
Definition of reaction
noun
- doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like "This style of painting was a reaction against cubism."
- a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent "a bad reaction to the medicine" Synonyms: response
- an idea evoked by some experience "Their reaction to the news was to start planning what to do."
- extreme conservatism in political or social matters "the forces of reaction carried the election"
- a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude "My reaction wasn't what it should have been, but I felt like I was put in a bad situation."
- (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body "every action has an equal and opposite reaction"
- (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water" Synonyms: chemical reaction