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”
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2
Easily irritated or annoyed.
“an incorrigibly fractious young man”
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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”
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