Definition of discontinue

"discontinue" in the verb sense

1. discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off

put an end to a state or an activity

"Quit teasing your little brother"

2. discontinue

come to or be at an end

"the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31"

3. break, break off, discontinue, stop

prevent completion

"stop the project"

"break off the negotiations"

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Quotations for discontinue

There was a proposition in a township there to discontinue public schools because they were too expensive. An old farmer spoke up and said if they stopped the schools they would not save anything, because every time a school was closed a jail had to be built. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. He'll never get fat. I believe it is better to support schools than jails. [ Mark Twain, "Public Education Association" Speech ]

discontinue in Scrabble®

The word discontinue 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® Play In The Letters discontinue:

DISCONTINUE
(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (56 words)

coedits, conduit, consent, contend, counted, cuisine, deistic, dentins, diciest, diction, dietics, dunites, edition, eosinic, eudicot, iconist, incised, incited, incites, indents, indices, indicts, indites, induces, inducts, inosine, inosite, intends, intoned, intones, inuendo, iodines, iodites, ionised, noncute, nondiet, nonsuit, noticed, notices, outside, scouted, section, snouted, stunned, suction, suicide, tedious, tendons, tension, uncited, unction, undents, undines, unities, unnoted, unstoic

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word discontinue

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

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discontinue in Words With Friends™

The word discontinue 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: 18

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

DISCONTINUE
(270)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (56 words)

coedits, conduit, consent, contend, counted, cuisine, deistic, dentins, diciest, diction, dietics, dunites, edition, eosinic, eudicot, iconist, incised, incited, incites, indents, indices, indicts, indites, induces, inducts, inosine, inosite, intends, intoned, intones, inuendo, iodines, iodites, ionised, noncute, nondiet, nonsuit, noticed, notices, outside, scouted, section, snouted, stunned, suction, suicide, tedious, tendons, tension, uncited, unction, undents, undines, unities, unnoted, unstoic

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word discontinue

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

DISCONTINUE
(270)
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(216)
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(198)
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discontinue + 1 blank (3 words)

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Shorter words in discontinue

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