Definition of confronting

"confronting" in the verb sense

1. confront, face

oppose, as in hostility or a competition

"You must confront your opponent"

"Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"

"The two enemies finally confronted each other"

2. confront, face up, face

deal with (something unpleasant) head on

"You must confront your problems"

"He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"

3. confront, face, present

present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

"We confronted him with the evidence"

"He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"

"An enormous dilemma faces us"

4. confront

be face to face with

"The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"

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confronting in Scrabble®

The word confronting 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: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters confronting:

CONFRONTING
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (9 words)

conning, corning, footing, forcing, noniron, nonriot, nooning, roofing, rooting

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word confronting

CONFRONTING
(189)
CONFRONTING
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CONFRONTING
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In confronting

CONFRONTING
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CONFRONTING
(162)
CONFRONTING
(126)
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NONIRON
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confronting in Words With Friends™

The word confronting 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™ Play In The Letters confronting:

CONFRONTING
(288)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (9 words)

conning, corning, footing, forcing, noniron, nonriot, nooning, roofing, rooting

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word confronting

CONFRONTING
(288)
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(252)
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(234)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In confronting

CONFRONTING
(288)
CONFRONTING
(252)
CONFRONTING
(234)
CONFRONTING
(180)
CONFRONTING
(144)
FORCING
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(116)
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CONFRONTING
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NONIRON
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CONFIT
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Words within the letters of confronting

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7 letter words in confronting (9 words)

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10 letter words in confronting (1 word)

11 letter words in confronting (1 word)

Words containing the sequence confronting

Words that start with confronting (1 word)

Words with confronting in them (1 word)

Words that end with confronting (1 word)

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Shorter words in confronting

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Longer words containing confronting

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