react: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with R · ends with T
Meaning of react
verb
- intransitive
To act in response.
Example: How did she react to the news?
- intransitive
To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force
Example: Every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.
- intransitive
To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
- transitive
To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
Listed forms: reacts, reacting, reacted.
Source: Wiktionary — react.
noun
- Internet
An emoji used to express a reaction to a post on social media.
Example: Sad reacts only
Listed forms: reacts.
Source: Wiktionary — react.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for react.
verb
show a response or a reaction to something
verb
act against or in opposition to
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is react in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of react
R(1) + E(1) + A(1) + C(3) + T(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of react
5 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from react
37 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in react. Showing up to 24, longest first.