Words Containing ACT
We found 1,101 words containing ACT. Common examples are ABSTRACT, ACT, ACTED, ACTIN. Bold words are common everyday words; the number shows Scrabble points.
1,101words
MISCHARACTERIZEtop score (33 pts)
ABSTRACTcommon word
3-letter words (1)
- act5
4-letter words (5)
5-letter words (14)
6-letter words (29)
7-letter words (77)
- actions9
- actress9
- attract9
- compact15
- contact11
- detract10
- enacted10
- exactly19
- extract16
- factoid13
- factors12
- factory15
- factual12
- impacts13
- lactose9
- reacted10
- reactor9
- retract9
- tactful12
- tactics11
- tactile9
- tractor9
- abreact11
- actable11
- actinal9
- actings10
- actinia9
- actinic11
- actinon9
- actives12
- actuary12
- actuate9
- atactic11
- bracted12
- cactoid12
- coacted12
- coactor11
- coenact11
- dactyli13
- dactyls13
- didacts11
- enactor9
- exactas16
- exacted17
- exacter16
- exactor16
- factful15
- faction12
- facture12
- fractal12
- fracted13
- fractur12
- fractus12
- inexact16
- infract12
- lactams11
- lactary12
- lactase9
- lactate9
- lacteal9
- lactean9
- lactone9
- misacts11
- nonfact12
- outacts9
- overact12
- paction11
- playact14
- practic13
- preacts11
- redacts10
- reenact9
- refract12
- stactes9
- taction9
- tactual9
- unacted10
8-letter words (120)
- abstract12
- activate13
- actively16
- activity16
- actually13
- artifact13
- attracts10
- bacteria12
- contacts12
- contract12
- distract11
- exacting18
- extracts17
- factions13
- fraction13
- fracture13
- galactic13
- impacted15
- inactive13
- interact10
- practice14
- practise12
- reacting11
- reaction10
- reactive13
- reactors10
- tactical12
- traction10
- tractors10
- abreacts12
- actiniae10
- actinian10
- actinias10
- actinide11
- actinism12
- actinium12
- actinoid11
- actinons10
- activism15
- activist13
- activize22
- actorish13
- actressy13
- actuated11
- actuates10
- actuator10
- apractic14
- artefact13
- bacterin12
- bracteal12
- bractlet12
- cactuses12
- cataract12
- coacting13
- coaction12
- coactive15
- coactors12
- coenacts12
- cofactor15
- compacts16
- dactylic16
- dactylus14
- detracts11
- didactic14
- didactyl15
- diffract17
- enacting11
- enactive13
- enactors10
- enactory13
- exacters17
- exactest17
- exaction17
- exactors17
- factious13
- factoids14
- factored14
- factotum15
- factures13
- fractals13
- fracturs13
- hoactzin22
- impacter14
- impactor14
- inaction10
- infracts13
- lactases10
- lactated11
- lactates10
- lacteals10
- lacteous10
- lactones10
- lactonic12
- lactoses10
- misacted13
- nonactor10
- nonfacts13
- outacted11
- overacts13
- pactions12
- playacts15
- preacted13
- preenact12
- protract12
- reactant10
- redacted12
- redactor11
- reenacts10
- refracts13
- retracts10
- retroact10
- subtract12
- tactions10
- tactless10
- tractate10
- tractile10
- tractive13
- transact10
- underact11
- varactor13
9-letter words (145)
- activated15
- activists14
- actresses11
- actuality14
- actuarial11
- artifacts14
- attracted12
- bacterial13
- cataracts13
- character16
- compactor17
- contacted14
- contracts13
- extracted19
- factories14
- factoring15
- fractions14
- fractured15
- fractures14
- olfactory17
- overreact14
- practical15
- practiced16
- practices15
- proactive16
- reactions11
- abreacted14
- abstracts13
- actinians11
- actinides12
- actinisms13
- actiniums13
- actinoids12
- activates14
- activator14
- activisms16
- activized24
- activizes23
- actualize20
- actuaries11
- actuating12
- actuation11
- actuators11
- artefacts14
- ataractic13
- attractor11
- bacterias13
- bacterins13
- bacterium15
- bacterize22
- bacteroid14
- bioactive16
- bracteate13
- bracteole13
- bractlets13
- climactic17
- coactions13
- coenacted14
- cofactors16
- compacted18
- compacter17
- compactly20
- dactylics17
- detracted13
- detractor12
- didactics15
- diffracts18
- distracts12
- enactment13
- exactable20
- exactions18
- exactness18
- extractor18
- facticity19
- factional14
- factitive17
- factorage15
- factorial14
- factorize23
- factotums16
- factually17
- fractious14
- galactose12
- geotactic14
- hoactzins23
- impacters15
- impacting16
- impaction15
- impactive18
- impactors15
- inactions11
- inexactly21
- infracted15
- interacts11
- isotactic13
- lactating12
- lactation11
- misacting14
- nonacting12
- nonaction11
- nonactors11
- nonfactor14
- nonimpact15
- olfaction14
- outacting12
- overacted15
- playacted17
- practicer15
- practicum17
- practised14
- practises13
- preacting14
- preenacts13
- prolactin13
- protracts13
- reactance13
- reactants11
- recontact13
- redacting13
- redaction12
- redactors12
- reenacted12
- refracted15
- refractor14
- retracted12
- retractor11
- retroacts11
- subtracts13
- syntactic16
- tactfully17
- tactician13
- tactilely14
- tactility14
- tactually14
- tesseract11
- tractable13
- tractably16
- tractates11
- tractions11
- transacts11
- unactable13
- underacts12
- untactful14
- varactors14
- ventifact17
10-letter words (160)
- actionable14
- activating16
- activation15
- activators15
- activities15
- attracting13
- attraction12
- attractive15
- benefactor17
- characters17
- contacting15
- contracted15
- contractor14
- distracted14
- extracting20
- extraction19
- infraction15
- overactive18
- practicing17
- practising15
- protracted15
- retraction12
- abacterial14
- abreacting15
- abreaction14
- abstracted15
- abstracter14
- abstractly17
- abstractor14
- actability17
- actinolite12
- actionably17
- actionless12
- activeness15
- activistic17
- activizing25
- actomyosin17
- actualized22
- actualizes21
- actuations12
- ataractics14
- attractant12
- attractors12
- autodidact14
- bacteremia16
- bacteremic18
- bacterized24
- bacterizes23
- bacteroids15
- bioreactor14
- bracteoles14
- charactery20
- coenacting15
- compacters18
- compactest18
- compacting19
- compaction18
- compactors18
- counteract14
- deactivate16
- detracting14
- detraction13
- detractive16
- detractors13
- didactical16
- diffracted20
- enactments14
- exactingly23
- exactitude20
- extractive22
- extractors19
- factiously18
- factitious15
- factorable17
- factorages16
- factorials15
- factorized25
- factorizes24
- factorship20
- factualism17
- factualist15
- factuality18
- fractional15
- fractioned16
- fracturing16
- galactoses13
- galactosyl16
- hoactzines24
- hypotactic22
- impactions16
- inactivate15
- inactively18
- inactivity18
- infracting16
- intactness12
- interacted13
- lactations12
- lactogenic15
- malefactor17
- malolactic16
- morphactin19
- nonactions12
- noncontact14
- nonfactors15
- nonfactual15
- nonreactor12
- olfactions15
- overacting16
- overaction15
- overreacts15
- paratactic16
- phylactery23
- playacting18
- polydactyl21
- postimpact18
- practicals16
- practicers16
- practicums18
- precontact16
- preenacted15
- prolactins14
- protractor14
- reactances14
- reactivate15
- reactively18
- reactivity18
- recontacts14
- redactions13
- reenacting13
- refractile15
- refracting16
- refraction15
- refractive18
- refractors15
- refractory18
- retractile12
- retracting13
- retractors12
- retroacted13
- stalactite12
- subcompact20
- subtracted15
- subtracter14
- surfactant15
- syndactyly22
- syntactics17
- tactically17
- tacticians14
- tactlessly15
- tesseracts12
+ 10 more 10-letter words – narrow your search to see them.
11-letter words (165)
- benefactors18
- contraction15
- distracting15
- distraction14
- hyperactive24
- impractical19
- interacting14
- interaction13
- interactive16
- malpractice19
- manufacture18
- overreacted17
- practically20
- radioactive17
- reactionary16
- retractable15
- transaction13
- abreactions15
- abstracters15
- abstractest15
- abstracting16
- abstraction15
- abstractive18
- abstractors15
- actinically18
- actinolites13
- actinometer15
- actinometry18
- actinomyces20
- actinomycin20
- activations16
- actomyosins18
- actualities13
- actualizing23
- actuarially16
- anfractuous16
- artifactual16
- artiodactyl17
- attractance15
- attractancy18
- attractants13
- attractions13
- autodidacts15
- azotobacter24
- bacteremias17
- bacterially18
- bactericide18
- bacteriocin17
- bacteriuria15
- bacterizing25
- benefaction18
- bioactivity21
- bioreactors15
- calefactory21
- caprolactam19
- cataractous15
- charactered19
- chemotactic22
- climacteric19
- compactible21
- compactions19
- compactness19
- contractile15
- contracting16
- contractive18
- contractors15
- contractual15
- contracture15
- counteracts15
- dactylology21
- deactivated18
- deactivates17
- deactivator17
- detractions14
- didacticism19
- diffracting21
- diffraction20
- distractive17
- exactitudes21
- exactnesses20
- extractable22
- extractions20
- extractives23
- facticities18
- factionally19
- factitively22
- factorizing26
- factorships21
- factorylike23
- factualisms18
- factualists16
- factualness16
- fractionate16
- fractioning17
- fractiously19
- galactoside15
- galactosyls17
- inactivated17
- inactivates16
- inexactness20
- infractions16
- interactant13
- intractable15
- intractably18
- jactitation20
- lactalbumin17
- lactational13
- lactiferous16
- malefaction18
- malefactors18
- manufactory21
- morphactins20
- multifactor18
- neuroactive16
- nonabstract15
- noncontacts15
- noncontract15
- nondidactic17
- nonreactive16
- nonreactors13
- overactions16
- parallactic17
- phonotactic20
- phototactic20
- playactings19
- polydactyly25
- practicable19
- practicably22
- preenacting16
- protractile15
- protracting16
- protraction15
- protractive18
- protractors15
- pterodactyl19
- rarefaction16
- reactivated17
- reactivates16
- recontacted16
- redactional14
- reenactment15
- refractions16
- retractions13
- retroacting14
- retroaction13
- retroactive16
- stalactites13
- stalactitic15
- subcompacts21
- subcontract17
+ 15 more 11-letter words – narrow your search to see them.
12-letter words (141)
- anaphylactic24
- characterize28
- chiropractor21
- contractions16
- distractions15
- manufactured20
- manufacturer19
- manufactures19
- overreacting18
- overreaction17
- practicality21
- practitioner16
- prophylactic26
- satisfaction17
- satisfactory20
- transactions14
- unattractive17
- abstractable18
- abstractedly20
- abstractions16
- abstractness16
- actabilities16
- actinometers16
- actinometric18
- actinomorphy24
- actinomycete21
- actinomycins21
- activenesses17
- artiodactyls18
- attractances16
- attractively20
- autodidactic18
- azotobacters25
- bactericidal19
- bactericides19
- bacteriocins18
- bacteriology20
- bacteriostat16
- bacteriurias16
- benefactions19
- benefactress19
- caprolactams20
- characterful22
- characteries19
- charactering20
- chiropractic23
- climacterics20
- contractible18
- contractures16
- cosurfactant19
- counteracted17
- deactivating19
- deactivation18
- deactivators18
- detractively21
- didactically21
- didacticisms20
- diffractions21
- distractable17
- distractedly19
- distractible17
- exactingness22
- extractively27
- factionalism19
- factiousness17
- factitiously20
- factualities17
- fluidextract25
- fractionally20
- fractionated18
- fractionates17
- fractionator17
- galactorrhea18
- galactosemia17
- galactosemic19
- galactosides16
- hyperactives25
- hyperreactor22
- inactivating18
- inactivation17
- inactivities17
- inexactitude22
- intactnesses14
- interactants14
- interactions14
- jactitations21
- lactalbumins18
- lactobacilli18
- liquefaction26
- malefactions19
- malpractices20
- metagalactic19
- mycobacteria23
- nonactivated18
- nonbacterial16
- noncharacter19
- nonpractical18
- olfactometer19
- overabstract19
- overactivity23
- paratactical18
- petrifaction19
- phonotactics21
- phylacteries22
- phyllotactic24
- postfracture19
- protactinium18
- protractions16
- psychoactive27
- pterodactyls20
- putrefaction19
- putrefactive22
- rarefactions17
- reactivating18
- reactivation17
- reactiveness17
- reactivities17
- recontacting17
- reenactments16
- refractively23
- refractivity23
- refractories17
- refractorily20
- retractility17
- retroactions14
- semiabstract18
- stereotactic16
- stupefaction19
- subcontracts18
- subtractions16
- syndactylies21
- syndactylism23
- tactlessness14
- thermotactic21
- tractability19
- tumefactions19
- ultracompact20
- uncontracted17
- underreacted16
- undistracted16
- vasoactivity23
13-letter words (117)
- actualization24
- characterized30
- manufacturing21
- abstractional17
- actinometries17
- actinomorphic24
- actinomycetes22
- actinomycoses22
- actinomycosis22
- actinomycotic24
- anaphylactoid24
- anfractuosity21
- antibacterial17
- anticlimactic21
- attractancies17
- bacteriologic20
- bacteriolyses20
- bacteriolysis20
- bacteriolytic22
- bacteriophage23
- bacteriophagy26
- bacteriostats17
- bacterization26
- bioactivities20
- calefactories20
- campylobacter26
- characterizes29
- characterless20
- chiropractics24
- chiropractors22
- climactically24
- compactnesses21
- contractility20
- contractional17
- contractually20
- cosurfactants20
- counteracting18
- counteraction17
- counteractive20
- cyanobacteria22
- dactylologies20
- deactivations19
- distractingly20
- extragalactic25
- factionalisms20
- factorization27
- factualnesses18
- fluidextracts26
- fractionalize27
- fractionating19
- fractionation18
- fractionators18
- fractiousness18
- galactorrheas19
- galactosamine18
- galactosemias18
- galactosidase17
- hyperactivity29
- hyperreactive26
- hyperreactors23
- impracticable23
- impracticably26
- impractically24
- inactivations18
- inexactitudes23
- inexactnesses22
- interactional15
- interactively21
- intergalactic18
- intragalactic18
- lactobacillus19
- lactoglobulin18
- liquefactions27
- manufactories20
- manufacturers20
- mycobacterial24
- mycobacterium26
- noncharacters20
- nonpracticing20
- nonretractile15
- olfactometers20
- overabstracts20
- overreactions18
- perissodactyl21
- petrifactions20
- photoreaction20
- polydactylies24
- postfractures20
- practicalness19
- practitioners17
- prophylactics27
- protactiniums19
- putrefactions20
- radioactively22
- radioactivity22
- rarefactional18
- reactionaries15
- reactivations18
- refractometer20
- refractometry23
- remanufacture20
- retroactively21
- retroactivity21
- satisfactions18
- stupefactions20
- subcontracted20
- subcontractor19
- superactivity23
- syndactylisms24
- syntactically23
- tactfulnesses18
- tractableness17
- transactinide16
- transactional15
- underactivity22
- underreacting17
- zygodactylous32
14-letter words (82)
- characterizing31
- unsatisfactory22
- abstractedness19
- abstractionism20
- abstractionist18
- abstractnesses18
- actinomorphies23
- actinomycetous23
- actualizations25
- antibacterials18
- archaebacteria23
- attractiveness19
- bactericidally24
- bacteriologies19
- bacteriologist19
- bacteriophages24
- bacteriostases18
- bacteriostasis18
- bacteriostatic20
- bacterizations27
- benefactresses21
- campylobacters27
- characteristic23
- contractionary21
- corynebacteria23
- counteractions18
- counterfactual21
- countertactics20
- cyanobacterium25
- diffractometer25
- diffractometry28
- enterobacteria18
- exactingnesses24
- extractability28
- factiousnesses19
- factitiousness19
- factorizations28
- fractionalized29
- fractionalizes28
- fractionations19
- galactosamines19
- galactosidases18
- immunoreactive23
- impracticality25
- intractability21
- lactoglobulins19
- manufacturings22
- multicharacter23
- multifactorial21
- noncontractual18
- noninteracting17
- noninteractive19
- nonradioactive20
- nonretroactive19
- overabstracted22
- overactivities22
- overextraction26
- paratactically23
- perissodactyls22
- photoreactions21
- practicability25
- practicalities20
- premanufacture23
- reactionaryism21
- reactivenesses19
- refractiveness22
- refractivities22
- refractometers21
- refractometric23
- refractoriness19
- remanufactured22
- remanufacturer21
- remanufactures21
- retractilities16
- satisfactorily22
- subcontracting21
- subcontractors20
- tactlessnesses16
- tractabilities18
- ultrapractical20
- unattractively22
- vasoactivities22
15-letter words (45)
- characteristics24
- abstractionisms21
- abstractionists19
- anfractuosities20
- anticlimactical23
- archaebacterium26
- bacteriological22
- bacteriologists20
- bacteriophagies25
- chemotactically29
- contractibility24
- contractilities19
- corynebacterial24
- corynebacterium26
- counterreaction19
- diffractometers26
- diffractometric28
- dissatisfaction21
- dissatisfactory24
- distractibility23
- enterobacterial19
- enterobacterium21
- fractionalizing30
- fractiousnesses20
- hyperactivities28
- hyperreactivity31
- malpractitioner21
- mischaracterize33
- overabstracting23
- overextractions27
- phototactically27
- practicableness23
- practicalnesses21
- premanufactured25
- premanufactures24
- radioactivities21
- reactionaryisms22
- refractometries22
- remanufacturers22
- remanufacturing23
- retroactivities20
- semiabstraction21
- superactivities22
- tractablenesses19
- underactivities21
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Frequently asked questions
How many words containing ACT are there?
There are 1,101 words containing ACT in our word list, for example ABSTRACT.
What is the highest scoring word containing act in Scrabble?
MISCHARACTERIZE scores 33 points in Scrabble (before bonus squares) and 35 points in Words With Friends.