Definition of battering

"battering" in the noun sense

1. battering, banging

the act of subjecting to strong attack

"battering" in the verb sense

1. buffet, knock about, batter

strike against forcefully

"Winds buffeted the tent"

2. clobber, baste, batter

strike violently and repeatedly

"She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

3. dinge, batter

make a dent or impression in

"dinge a soft hat"

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Quotations for battering

Battering the gates of heaven with storms of prayer. [ Alfred Tennyson ]

battering in Scrabble®

The word battering 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: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters battering:

BATTERING
(117)
BATTERING
(117)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (16 words)

battier, batting, bearing, beating, betting, bitrate, granite, ingrate, nattier, nitrate, ratbite, ratting, tabinet, tangier, tearing, terabit

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word battering

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

BATTERING
(117)
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(117)
BEATING
(90 = 40 + 50)
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BITRATE
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TABINET
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BITRATE
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INGRATE
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TANGIER
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GRANITE
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RATBITE
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battering in Words With Friends™

The word battering 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: 15

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

BATTERING
(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (16 words)

battier, batting, bearing, beating, betting, bitrate, granite, ingrate, nattier, nitrate, ratbite, ratting, tabinet, tangier, tearing, terabit

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word battering

BATTERING
(171)
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(16)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In battering

BATTERING
(171)
BETTING
(104 = 69 + 35)
BEATING
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BEARING
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Words containing the sequence battering

Words that start with battering (2 words)

Words with battering in them (1 word)

Words that end with battering (1 word)

Word Growth involving battering

Shorter words in battering

at bat batter

in ring

Longer words containing battering

batterings