Definition of decreasing

"decreasing" in the verb sense

1. decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

decrease in size, extent, or range

"The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"

"The cabin pressure fell dramatically"

"her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"

"his voice fell to a whisper"

2. decrease, lessen, minify

make smaller

"He decreased his staff"

"decreasing" in the adjective sense

1. decreasing

becoming less or smaller

2. decreasing

music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume

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decreasing in Scrabble®

The word decreasing 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: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters decreasing:

DECREASING
(135)
DECREASING
(135)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (56 words)

angered, aniseed, arcsine, arsenic, cairned, candies, carding, careens, carnies, ceasing, cinders, creased, cringed, cringes, dancers, dangers, dearies, decanes, decares, decries, deicers, deniers, deraign, derange, discern, encased, endears, enraged, enrages, erasing, gainers, ganders, gardens, genders, generic, grained, greased, greisen, grenade, incased, radices, readies, reading, recaned, recanes, regains, reigned, rescind, sandier, sardine, scaring, searing, sedgier, seeding, sidecar, sincere

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word decreasing

DECREASING
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(17)
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(17)

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

DECREASING
(135)
DECREASING
(135)
CARDING
(94 = 44 + 50)
CRINGED
(94 = 44 + 50)
CRINGED
(92 = 42 + 50)
CARDING
(92 = 42 + 50)
DECARES
(90 = 40 + 50)
DECANES
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ENCASED
(90 = 40 + 50)
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(90 = 40 + 50)
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(90)
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(90 = 40 + 50)
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(90 = 40 + 50)
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RESCIND
(90 = 40 + 50)
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SCARING
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CAIRNED
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CINDERS
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DEICERS
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RECANED
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GENERIC
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CANDIES
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CREASED
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SIDECAR
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(90)
DECRIES
(90 = 40 + 50)
CRINGES
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CREASED
(89 = 39 + 50)
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ENCASED
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CRINGED
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SCARING
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SIDECAR
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DANCERS
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CARDING
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CRINGED
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DISCERN
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CARDING
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GENERIC
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RESCIND
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CANDIES
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RECANED
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DEICERS
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DECRIES
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CAIRNED
(89 = 39 + 50)
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RADICES
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DECANES
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CARDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
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CRINGED
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DERANGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CANDIES
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ARSENIC
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ARSENIC
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CAREENS
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CANDIES
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CAREENS
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CRINGED
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SEDGIER
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ANGERED
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SIDECAR
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decreasing in Words With Friends™

The word decreasing 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™ Plays In The Letters decreasing:

DECREASING
(189)
DECREASING
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (56 words)

angered, aniseed, arcsine, arsenic, cairned, candies, carding, careens, carnies, ceasing, cinders, creased, cringed, cringes, dancers, dangers, dearies, decanes, decares, decries, deicers, deniers, deraign, derange, discern, encased, endears, enraged, enrages, erasing, gainers, ganders, gardens, genders, generic, grained, greased, greisen, grenade, incased, radices, readies, reading, recaned, recanes, regains, reigned, rescind, sandier, sardine, scaring, searing, sedgier, seeding, sidecar, sincere

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word decreasing

DECREASING
(189)
DECREASING
(189)
DECREASING
(114)
DECREASING
(114)
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(84)
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(20)
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(20)
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(20)
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(20)
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(19)
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(19)

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

DECREASING
(189)
DECREASING
(189)
DECREASING
(114)
DECREASING
(114)
CINDERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
CANDIES
(107 = 72 + 35)
CARDING
(107 = 72 + 35)
CRINGED
(107 = 72 + 35)
CRINGED
(107 = 72 + 35)
RESCIND
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DECANES
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GENERIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
GENERIC
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SCARING
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CRINGES
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ARSENIC
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CRINGED
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CARNIES
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GENERIC
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GENDERS
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CRINGES
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RECANED
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CRINGED
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CAREENS
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READING
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DECREASING
(84)
CRINGED
(83 = 48 + 35)
RECANED
(83 = 48 + 35)
CRINGED
(83 = 48 + 35)

Words within the letters of decreasing

2 letter words in decreasing (11 words)

9 letter words in decreasing (4 words)

10 letter words in decreasing (1 word)

decreasing + 1 blank (4 words)

Words containing the sequence decreasing

Words that start with decreasing (2 words)

Words with decreasing in them (1 word)

Words that end with decreasing (2 words)

Word Growth involving decreasing

Shorter words in decreasing

as easing creasing

in sin sing easing creasing

re creasing

Longer words containing decreasing

decreasingly

nondecreasing