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Definition of frightening

"frightening" in the noun sense

1. terrorization, terrorisation, frightening

the act of inspiring with fear

"frightening" in the verb sense

1. frighten, fright, scare, affright

cause fear in

"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"

"Ghosts could never affright her"

"frightening" in the adjective sense

1. awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

causing fear or dread or terror

"the awful war"

"an awful risk"

"dire news"

"a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"

"the dread presence of the headmaster"

"polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"

"a dreadful storm"

"a fearful howling"

"horrendous explosions shook the city"

"a terrible curse"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for frightening

Frightening of a bird is not the way to catch it. [ Proverb ]

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frightening in Scrabble®

The word frightening is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters frightening:

FRIGHTENING

(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (20 words)

fighter, freight, gifting, girning, hefting, hinging, hinting, igniter, inherit, niftier, nightie, reining, renting, rifting, ringgit, ringing, thinner, tiering, tinging, tinnier

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word frightening

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In frightening

FRIGHTENING

(189)

FRIGHTENING

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(126)

FRIGHTENING

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HEFTING

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FRIGHTENING

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frightening in Words With Friends™

The word frightening is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 22

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters frightening:

FRIGHTENING

(270)

FRIGHTENING

(270)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (20 words)

fighter, freight, gifting, girning, hefting, hinging, hinting, igniter, inherit, niftier, nightie, reining, renting, rifting, ringgit, ringing, thinner, tiering, tinging, tinnier

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word frightening

FRIGHTENING

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In frightening

FRIGHTENING

(270)

FRIGHTENING

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FRIGHTENING

(252)

FRIGHTENING

(168)

FRIGHTENING

(156)

HEFTING

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FIGHTER

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TINGING

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NIFTIER

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NIGHTIE

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THINNER

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FRIGHTENING

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NIGHTIE

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TINGING

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FRIGHTENING

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FREIGHT

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FIGHTER

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FRIGHTENING

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NIGHTIE

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FRIGHTENING

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RINGGIT

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Words within the letters of frightening

2 letter words in frightening (9 words)

ef eh en he hi if in it re

3 letter words in frightening (24 words)

egg erg fen fig fin fir fit get gig gin hen her het hit inn ire net nit ref rig ten the tie tin

4 letter words in frightening (27 words)

fern fine fire fret gent gift girn grin grit heir hint hire nigh nine rein rent rife rift ring rite tern then thin tier tine ting tire

5 letter words in frightening (26 words)

eight feign feint fight finer girth grief hinge inert infer inner inter iring neigh night ninth refit reign renin right their thief thine thing tiger tinge

6 letter words in frightening (16 words)

finger fining finite firing fright fringe ginger hinter hiring ignite intern tieing tinger tinier tinner tiring

7 letter words in frightening (20 words)

fighter freight gifting girning hefting hinging hinting igniter inherit niftier nightie reining renting rifting ringgit ringing thinner tiering tinging tinnier

8 letter words in frightening (11 words)

feigning fighting frighten fringing infringe integrin neighing refining reigning righting tingeing

9 letter words in frightening (4 words)

fingering frighting nightfire rehinging

10 letter words in frightening (1 word)

freighting

11 letter words in frightening (1 word)

frightening

frightening + 2 blanks (2 words)

affrightening frighteningly

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Words containing the sequence frightening

Words that start with frightening (2 words)

frightening frighteningly

Words with frightening in them (1 word)

frightening

Words that end with frightening (3 words)

affrightening frightening nonfrightening

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Word Growth involving frightening

Shorter words in frightening

rig right fright frighten

en ten frighten

Longer words containing frightening

affrightening

frighteningly

nonfrightening