Definition of admonishing

"admonishing" in the verb sense

1. warn, discourage, admonish, monish

advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

"I warned him not to go too far"

"I warn you against false assumptions"

"She warned him to be quiet"

2. caution, admonish, monish

warn strongly put on guard

3. admonish, reprove, reproof

take to task

"He admonished the child for his bad behavior"

"admonishing" in the adjective sense

1. admonitory, admonishing, reproachful, reproving

expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective

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admonishing in Scrabble®

The word admonishing 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: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters admonishing:

ADMONISHING
(198)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (29 words)

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

ADMONISHING
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admonishing in Words With Friends™

The word admonishing 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: 21

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters admonishing:

ADMONISHING
(261)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (29 words)

agonism, amnions, angioid, damning, dashing, diosmin, dishing, domains, gnomish, handing, hidings, hominid, indians, indigos, magnons, mannish, mansion, mashing, minding, minions, moaning, sandhog, sanding, shading, shaming, shindig, shining, sigmoid, smidgin

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word admonishing

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

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(261)
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Words within the letters of admonishing

2 letter words in admonishing (21 words)

8 letter words in admonishing (6 words)

9 letter words in admonishing (2 words)

10 letter words in admonishing (1 word)

11 letter words in admonishing (1 word)

admonishing + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence admonishing

Words that start with admonishing (2 words)

Words with admonishing in them (1 word)

Words that end with admonishing (1 word)

Word Growth involving admonishing

Shorter words in admonishing

ad admonish

is admonish

on admonish

hi shin

in shin

Longer words containing admonishing

admonishingly