Meaning
- (verb) To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation “to sprain one's ankle”
Letter breakdown
- Spraining contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 12.
Words from these letters
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- ingrain
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- sprang
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- gins
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- inns
- iris
- nags
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- pain
- pair
- pang
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
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- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with SPR
- sprain
- sprained
- sprains
- sprang
- sprat
- sprats
- sprawl
- sprawled
- sprawling
- sprawls
- spray
- sprayed
- sprayer
- sprayers
- spraying
- sprays
- spread
- spreader
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Words ending with ING
Reader questions
What does Spraining mean?
To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation
How many letters are in Spraining?
Spraining has 9 letters.
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