CONTRACTION

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Definition: the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

The word CONTRACTION scores 15 points in scrabble.

Clue	Answers
A SHORTENING OR TENSING OF A PART OR ORGAN	11
Abatement	164
abating	60
Abridgement	58
abridgment	16
Absence	90
ACERBITY	107
Affection	167
ailment	81
alteration	151
altering	49
austerity	91
binding	218
changing	305
compendium	67
Complaint	108
constricting	48
constriction	104
contracting	54
Cramp	52
curtailment	54
Cut	246
cutback	28
Dearth	95
Decline	552
Declining	108
Decrease	281
decreasing	101
decrement	61
deducting	25
Defect	102
Deficiency	118
deficit	111
degenerating	48
Degeneration	152
deprivation	105
derangement	127
deteriorating	58
Deterioration	192
DEVELOP tension (of muscles)	1
Diet	99
diminishing	60
diminution	66
Discount	70
disease	97
DISEASE, type of	351
Disorder	301
Disturbance	224
Drain	132
draining	85
dropping	70
drought	119
dwindling	128
Famine	89
flex	33
flexing	48
formality	135
Hardness	103
Hunger	116
Inadequacy	139
Indisposition	74
Inflexibility	68
insufficiency	160
irregularity	93
Lack	138
Laxity	140
Lessening	220
loss	129
lowering	118
Malady	64
meagreness	59
metamorphosing	48
MUSCLE cell activity	1
muscular action	21
muscular reaction	28
need	170
Omission	80
paucity	83
Poverty	87
pulling	84
Rebate	63
receding	134
Recession	119
reducing	54
Reduction	257
remission	126
Requirement	223
rigidity	58
Scarcity	96
Shortage	143
shortcoming	100
SHORTEN tension (of muscles)	1
Shortening	100
shortfall	80
shrinkage	104
shrinking	102
shrivelling	48
sinking	51
Spasm	22
squeezing	96

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