extortion
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- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 17
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- 9
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Definition of extortion
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.
“Heck, what's a little extortion among friends?”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman extorcion, extorcioun, extorsioun, from Late Latin extortiō, from extorqueō.
Words you can make from extortion
139 playable · top: EXTORT (13 pts)
Best play extort 13 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
13 words5-letter words
24 words4-letter words
47 words- EXIT 11 pts
- EXON 11 pts
- NEXT 11 pts
- NIXE 11 pts
- OXEN 11 pts
- OXER 11 pts
- TEXT 11 pts
- INRO 4 pts
- INTO 4 pts
- IRON 4 pts
- NETT 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- NOIR 4 pts
- NORI 4 pts
- NOTE 4 pts
- ONTO 4 pts
- OTTO 4 pts
- REIN 4 pts
- RENO 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- RIOT 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- ROOT 4 pts
- ROTE 4 pts
- ROTI 4 pts
- ROTO 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TENT 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
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- TIRE 4 pts
- TIRO 4 pts
- TOIT 4 pts
- TONE 4 pts
- TOON 4 pts
- TOOT 4 pts
- TORE 4 pts
- TORI 4 pts
- TORN 4 pts
- TORO 4 pts
- TORT 4 pts
- TOTE 4 pts
- TRET 4 pts
- TRIO 4 pts
- TROT 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- NIX 10 pts
- OXO 10 pts
- REX 10 pts
- TIX 10 pts
- EON 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NOO 3 pts
- NOR 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ONO 3 pts
- OOT 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RIN 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- ROO 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIT 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TON 3 pts
- TOO 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
- TOT 3 pts
2-letter words
18 wordsHooks
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