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Definition: Frustration |
FrustrationNoun1. The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals. 2. An act of hindering someone's plans or efforts. 3. A feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized; "her constant complaints were the main source of his frustration". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "frustration" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references) |
Etymology: Frustration \Frus*tra"tion\, noun. [Latin expression frustratio: compare to Old French expression frustration.]. (references) |
Synonyms: FrustrationSynonyms: defeat (n), foiling (n), thwarting (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Failure | Noun: failure; nonsuccess, nonfulfillment; dead failure, successlessness; abortion, miscarriage; brutum fulmen; labor in vain; (inutility); no go; inefficacy; inefficaciousness; Adjective: vain attempt, ineffectual attempt, abortive attempt, abortive efforts; flash in the pan, "lame and impotent conclusion"; frustration; slip 'twixt cup and lip; (disappointment). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Frustration |
| English words defined with "frustration": baffled, boil ♦ cry ♦ rebound ♦ seethe ♦ weep. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "frustration": Alum ♦ Bend Over, Here It Comes Again, Bereavement, Burnout, Professional ♦ connector conspiracy, Crucifixion ♦ frustration threshold ♦ hard boot ♦ SCSI voodoo, Shovel ♦ Weeble, write-only memory. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Frustration" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (frustration, snit), German (frustration, snit), Swedish (frustration). |
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Screenplays | Divided by the excellerated rotation of the earth, minus the frustration factor equalsVern, you're gonna save $53,000 on a $9,000 car. I don't know how them boys stay in business (The Ernest Film Festival; writing credit: Georg Schiemann) For them it is about rage, frustration, hatred they feel pain and they're determined to share it with the world (The Peacemaker; writing credit: Leslie Cockburn; Andrew Cockburn) | |
Lyrics | Temptation, frustration (Don't Stand So Close To Me; performing artist: The Police) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Frustration (1971) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Complete frustration. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Thurgood Marshall | Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy. |
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Health | Sometimes these problems are caused by embarrassment or frustration associated with epilepsy. (references) | |
Patients can experience extreme agitation and feelings of anger, frustration, and depression. (references) | ||
In addition to agitation, Alzheimer's patients often experience feelings of anger, frustration, and depression. (references) | ||
Business | What may seem like an advantage mostly results in frustration for foreign companies who are used to working with products and materials with standard specifications. (references) | |
Russian finance lease companies express frustration with the amount of time required to enforce repossession rights in the Russian legal system following the breach of a lease's terms. (references) | ||
Foreign IT products and services companies interested in penetrating overseas markets are urged to carefully research the market prior to investing large amounts of money in foreign expansion, which sometimes end in great frustration, if their objective and consequently, their ROI (return on investment) will not be achieved. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Morocco | A number of NGO's and activists expressed frustration at the Government's slow progress with respect to the reforms that they have called for on numerous occasions. (references) |
Guatemala | In December an Indian national committed suicide as a result of the conditions at the center for detained illegal migrants and out of frustration at the prospect of never reaching his intended destination, the United States. (references) | |
Economic History | Georgia | Consequently, investors face innumerable petty obstacles and near constant frustration at the day-to-day difficulties of doing business in Georgia. (references) |
Human Rights | Honduras | There is widespread frustration at the inability of the security forces to prevent and control crime. (references) |
Mozambique | Occasional mob and vigilante killings continued in both urban and rural areas due to general public frustration with rising crime. (references) | |
South Africa | The Commission ceased accepting applications after 1998, but the cases have moved slowly, which has caused increasing tension and frustration and has resulted in some land occupations by squatters. (references) | |
Political Economy | Georgia | While Georgia's Western orientation and desire to end the Russian military presence are strong, the country is being affected by economic problems, growing popular nostalgia for the materially more beneficial "old days", and frustration over the apparent lack of results from legislated reforms. (references) |
Political Rights | Ghana | During the year, opposition members continued to express frustration about impediments that the executive branch imposed by its refusal to support opposition amendments to proposed legislation; however, the major opposition party closely scrutinizes government actions considered by Parliament. (references) |
Travel | Japan | Recognizing that it takes a longer time to cultivate business relationships in Japan than in the United States, American business executives should not expect to make a deal in just a few days or they will depart in frustration, having made no progress. (references) |
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Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | This leads only to inflated expectations, to reduced individual effort, and to a disappointment and frustration that erode confidence both in what government can do and in what people can do. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | It's hard to go from frustration and despair to achievement and pride. |
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| "Frustration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Frustration" is used about 1,362 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 1,362 | 5,858 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "frustration": frustration clause. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "frustration": frustration-aggression, frustration-free. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "frustration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zhgënjim (anticlimax, balk, bummer, chagrin, disappointment, disillusion, disillusionment), mërzitje (annoyance, aridity, boredom, upset), irritim (exasperation, verjuice, vexation), dështim (abortion, anticlimax, bust, collapse, come down, crash, cropper, discomfiture, fail, failing, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flash in the pan, flop, frost, licking, miscarriage, no go, reverse). (various references) | |
Arabic | فشل (balk, be failed, be unable to do, be unsuccessful, come to nothing, cower, defeat, dud, fail, failure, fiasco, fizzle out, flop, go awry, go wrong, lose courage, lose ground, lose heart, make a hash of it, miscarry, miss, miss fire, miss the mark, torpedo, trip up, unsuccess, washout), تثبيط (discouragement), خيبة أمل (anticlimax, disappointing, disappointment, letdown, sell), إحباط (chill, defeat, mare's nest), إبطال (abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, avoidance, cancellation, circumvention, counteraction, defeasance, invalidation, negation, nullification, repeal, rescission, reversal, revocation, vitiation). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | рухване (collapse, smash up), разстройване (circumvention, upset), чувство на неудовлетвореност, чувство на безсилие, чувство на безизходност, осуетяване. (various references) | |
Chinese | 失望 (Despondent, Disappoint, Disappointed, Disappointing, Disappointment). (various references) | |
Czech | frustrace. (various references) | |
Danish | frustrering, frustration, frustratio. (various references) | |
Dutch | frustratie. (various references) | |
Finnish | turhautuma, turhauma, pettymys (disappointment). (various references) | |
French | frustration. (various references) | |
German | frustration (snit). (various references) | |
Greek | ματαίωση συμφωνίασ, ματαίωση (bafflement, cancel, defeat), απογοήτευση (chagrin, disappointment, disenchantment, disillusionment), διάψευση (contradiction, defeat, denial, rebuttal, refutation). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תסכול, אכזב" (disappointment), "תאכזבות (disappointment), סכול (circumvention, upsetting). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kielégítetlenség (dissatisfaction), csalódottság (disappointment). (various references) | |
Indonesian | frustrasi (frustrated), kefustrasian. (various references) | |
Italian | frustrazione. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 齟齬 (conflict, contradiction, discord, discrepancy, failure, inconsistency), フラクション活動 (flag, flannel, flap, flap pocket, flapper, flash, flashback, flashlight, flask, flat, flat collar, flat race, flush, fractal, fraction activity, fragment, fragmentation, frappe, fresco, hula dance, news flash), 挫折 (discouragement, setback), 欲求不満 , 周 (agitation). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | フラストレーション , ざせつ (discouragement, setback), そ" (a parent language, conflict, contradiction, discord, discrepancy, failure, inconsistency), しゅうしょう (agitation, all night long, bedridden, grief, sorrow), よっきゅうふま". (various references) | |
Korean | 격파 (Defeating). (various references) | |
Manx | tarmestey (ban, block, blocking, check, checkmate; stonewaller; discouragement, chip in, cross, cross annoy, debar, encroachment, foil, frustrate, interdict, interdiction, interference, proscribe, proscription, taboo, thwart). (various references) | |
Norwegian | forpurring, skuffelse (disappointment). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ustrationfray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | frustração (defeat, disappointment, discomfiture, foil), malogro (abortion, defeat, dud, failure, fiasco, misbirth, miscarriage, miss, rebuff, shipwreck), inutilização (destruction), destruição (bale, consumption, defacement, demolition, deprivation, destruction, doom, overthrow, rack, ravage, ruin, ruination, spoliation, undoing, wrack, wreck, wreckage, wrecking). (various references) | |
Romanian | zãdãrnicire (defeat, discomfiture), dejucare (baffling, defeat, discomfiture). (various references) | |
Russian | срыв (failure, no go), расстройство;отчаяние, расстройство планов (discomfiture), чувство разочарования, фрустрация, крушение надежд. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | frustracija, razočarenje (chagrin, disappointment, disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment, letdown, shooting down). (various references) | |
Spanish | frustración (unsuccessful abortion). (various references) | |
Swedish | frustrering, frustration, omintetgörande (defeat), gäckande (derisive, derisory, elusive). (various references) | |
Thai | ความไม่พอใจ (grudge, resentment, snit). (various references) | |
Turkish | işini bozma, hüsran (chagrin, defeat, disappointment), düş kırıklığı (anticlimax, disappointment, disenchantment, disillusion, non event, nonevent), boşa çıkma (mare's nest, miscarriage), önleme (arrest, avoiding, circumvention, containment, hindrance, interception, preclusion, prevention, suppression). (various references) | |
Turkmen | opurylyюyk (disruption). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розчарування (baffle, balk, disappointment, disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment, sell), розгром (checkmate, debacle, defeat, smash, walloping), розлад (concision, derangement, disarray, disunity, malady, quarrel), крах (bankruptcy, burst up, collapse, come down, crash, defeat, destruction, disruption, ruin, ruination, wreckage). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tâm trạng vỡ mộng, tâm trạng thất vọng, sự l m vỡ mộng (disillusionment), sự l m thất bại, sự l m hỏng sự l m mất tác dụng sự l m thất vọng. (various references) | |
Welsh | llesteiriant. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "frustration": frustrations. (additional references) | |
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"Frustration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: frustation, frustrator, fustration. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "frustration" (pronounced frustrā"shun) |
| 8 | -u s t r ā" sh u n | administration, illustration, ministration, orchestration, registration, sequestration. |
| 7 | -s t r ā" sh u n | castration, demonstration, prostration. |
| 6 | -t r ā" sh u n | filtration, arbitration, concentration, infiltration, nitration, penetration. |
| 5 | -r ā" sh u n | calibration, celebration, conflagration, consecration, dehydration, desecration, disintegration, duration, emigration, gyration, hydration, immigration, integration, libration, migration, narration, oration, proration, rehydration, vibration. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, categorization, causation, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, imagination, imitation, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mineralization, miniaturization, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, regulation, rehabilitation, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-i-n-o-r-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: nitrators, starfruit. | |
-3 letters: antirust, faitours, naturist, nitrator, rainouts, strontia, titanous, traitors. | |
-4 letters: antifur, aroints, attorns, faitour, forints, fustian, insofar, intorts, intrust, nitrous, nutrias, ouraris, outfast, outfits, rainout, rations, rattons, santour, sautoir, station, tourist, traitor, transit, tritons, truants, trustor, turista. | |
-5 letters: afrits, aorist, aristo, aroint, arsino, artist, attorn, aurist, faints, forint, forrit, fortis, founts, friars. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-i-n-o-r-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: frustrations. | |
+2 letters: trifurcations. | |
+4 letters: transfiguration. | |
+5 letters: transfigurations, ultrafiltrations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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