Extracts
noun
- Something that is extracted or drawn out.
- A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
"I used an extract of Hemingway's book to demonstrate culture shock."
- A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
"extract of beef"
- Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
"quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark."
- A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
verb
- To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
"to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger"
- To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
"to extract an essential oil from a plant"
- To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
- To select parts of a whole
"We need to try to extract the positives from the defeat."
- To determine (a root of a number).
"Please extract the cube root of 27."
No exact anagrams found for "extracts". This word has a unique letter combination.
Total: 17 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 "Extracts"
Extracts is a 8-letter word that scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Extracts" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "extracts" is a high-scoring word. It contains the letter X, which is worth 8 points.