fractious

ADJECTIVE /frækʃəs/
9 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH F

fractious is a valid 9-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
F4R1A1C3T1I1O1U1S1
4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =14 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 28TRIPLE WORD → 42
MEANING

What does fractious mean?

ADJECTIVE · 3 SENSES
1

Stubbornly resistant to authority or control.

“a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness”

2

Easily irritated or annoyed.

“an incorrigibly fractious young man”

3

Unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome.

“rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas”

“fractious components of a communication system”