Attrition
[əˈtɹɪʃən]
noun
- Wearing or grinding down by friction.
- The gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not involve productive use of the resource.
- (human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation, or death.
- The loss of participants during an experiment.
- Imperfect contrition or remorse.
verb
- To grind or wear down through friction.
"attritioned teeth; attritioned rock"
- To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions that become vacant (often with out).
"As a result of the new policy, people were being attritioned out."
- To undergo a reduction in number.
"The cohort of one hundred students had attritioned to sixty by the end of secondary school."
1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "attrition":
+1 Letter Anagrams
Words formed by adding one letter to "attrition" and rearranging:
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Total: 9 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Attrition"
Attrition is a 9-letter word that scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "attrition" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.
Using "Attrition" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "attrition" is a low-scoring word.