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Definition of cautionary

"cautionary" in the adjective sense

1. cautionary, prophylactic

warding off

"the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze

2. admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning

serving to warn

"shook a monitory finger at him"

"an exemplary jail sentence"

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

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cautionary in Scrabble®

The word cautionary 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: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters cautionary:

CAUTIONARY
(144)
CAUTIONARY
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (11 words)

actuary, auction, autocar, caution, country, curtain, nautica, rainout, raucity, truancy, unitary

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word cautionary

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

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cautionary in Words With Friends™

The word cautionary 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: 17

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

CAUTIONARY
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (11 words)

actuary, auction, autocar, caution, country, curtain, nautica, rainout, raucity, truancy, unitary

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word cautionary

CAUTIONARY
(207)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In cautionary

CAUTIONARY
(207)
CAUTIONARY
(189)
CAUTIONARY
(126)
CAUTIONARY
(114)
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(113 = 78 + 35)
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COUNTRY
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AUCTION
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CURTAIN
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AUTOCAR
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RAUCITY
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Words containing the sequence cautionary

Words that start with cautionary (1 word)

cautionary

Words with cautionary in them (1 word)

cautionary

Words that end with cautionary (2 words)

cautionaryprecautionary
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Word Growth involving cautionary

Shorter words in cautionary

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on ion caution

Longer words containing cautionary

precautionary