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Definition of challenge

"challenge" in the noun sense

1. challenge

a demanding or stimulating situation

"they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"

2. challenge

a call to engage in a contest or fight

3. challenge

questioning a statement and demanding an explanation

"his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"

4. challenge

a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror

5. challenge

a demand by a sentry for a password or identification

"challenge" in the verb sense

1. challenge, dispute, gainsay

take exception to

"She challenged his claims"

2. challenge

issue a challenge to

"Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"

3. challenge

ask for identification

"The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"

4. challenge, take exception

raise a formal objection in a court of law

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

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Quotations for challenge

It is a madness for a sheep to send a challenge to a wolf. [ Proverb ]

A beggar that is dumb, you know, may challenge double pity. [ Sir Walter Raleigh ]

In the case of a very fascinating woman, sex is a challenge, not a defense. [ Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband ]

Every man stamps his value on himself; the price we challenge for ourselves is given us. [ Johann C. F. Von Schiller ]

Weary the path that does not challenge reason. Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way. [ Hosea Ballou ]

Do not allow anyone to tell you that it cannot be done. No challenge can match the heart and fight and spirit of America. [ President Donald J. Trump, Presidential Inaugeration Speech, Jan 20, 2017 ]

Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews to challenge every new author. [ Longfellow ]

High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem towards those who receive it, since it costs then neither study nor labor. [ Bruyere ]

A good name is properly that reputation of virtue that every man may challenge as his right and due in the opinions of others, till he has made forfeit of it by the viciousness of his actions. [ South ]

Every man stamps his value on himself. The price we challenge for ourselves is given us. There does not live on earth the man, be his station what it may, that I despise myself compared with him. Man is made great or little by his own will. [ Schiller ]

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challenge in Scrabble®

The word challenge 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 challenge:

CHALLENGE
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challenge in Words With Friends™

The word challenge 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: 19

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Words within the letters of challenge

2 letter words in challenge (9 words)

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3 letter words in challenge (18 words)

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4 letter words in challenge (23 words)

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5 letter words in challenge (12 words)

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6 letter words in challenge (5 words)

acheneallegechangechelaeglance

9 letter words in challenge (1 word)

challenge

challenge + 1 blank (4 words)

challengedchallengeechallengerchallenges

challenge + 2 blanks (3 words)

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Word Growth involving challenge

Shorter words in challenge

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all hall

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Longer words containing challenge

challenged counterchallenged

challenged nonchallenged

challenged rechallenged

challenged unchallenged

challengee challengees

challenger challengers counterchallengers

challenger counterchallenger counterchallengers

challenges counterchallenges

challenges rechallenges

counterchallenge counterchallenged

counterchallenge counterchallenger counterchallengers

counterchallenge counterchallenges

rechallenge rechallenged

rechallenge rechallenges

unchallengeable

unchallengeably