What it means
- (verb) To pull back inside. “An airplane retracts its wheels for flight.”
- (verb) To draw back; to draw up. “A cat can retract its claws.”
- (verb) To take back or withdraw something one has said. “I retract all the accusations I made about the senator and sincerely hope he won't sue me.”
- (verb) To take back, as a grant or favour previously bestowed; to revoke.
Letter analysis
- Retracts contains 8 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 6 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 10.
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Words starting with RET
- retail
- retailed
- retailer
- retailers
- retailing
- retails
- retain
- retained
- retainer
- retainers
- retaining
- retains
- retake
- retaken
- retakes
- retaking
- retaliate
- retaliated
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Words ending with CTS
Sub-words
- craters
- restart
- retract
- scatter
- starter
- tracers
- arrest
- carets
- caster
- caters
- crater
- crates
- racers
- rarest
- raster
- reacts
- recast
- stater
- tarter
- taster
- tracer
- traces
- tracts
- treats
- acres
- aster
- cares
- caret
- carts
- caste
- cater
- crate
- crest
- racer
- races
- rares
- rates
- react
- rears
- recta
- scare
- stare
- start
- state
- tares
- tarts
- taser
- taste
- tears
- teats
- trace
- tract
- treas
- treat
- aces
- acre
- acts
- arcs
- ares
Common questions
What does Retracts mean?
To pull back inside.
How many letters are in Retracts?
Retracts has 8 letters.
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