Definition of enclosure

"enclosure" in the noun sense

1. enclosure

a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose

2. enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure

the act of enclosing something inside something else

3. enclosure, natural enclosure

a naturally enclosed space

4. enclosure, inclosure

something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter

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Quotations for enclosure

Natural liberty is the right of common upon a waste: civil liberty is the safe, exclusive, unmolested enjoyment of a cultivated enclosure. [ Paley ]

Let us now suppose that in the mind of each man there is an aviary of all sorts of birds some flocking together apart from the rest, others in small groups, others solitary, flying anywhere and everywhere. . . . We may suppose that the birds are kinds of knowledge, and that when we were children, this receptacle was empty; whenever a man has gotten and detained in the enclosure a kind of knowledge, he may be said to have learned or discovered the thing which is the subject of the knowledge: and this is to know. [ Dialogues, Theaetetus ]

enclosure in Scrabble®

The word enclosure 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: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters enclosure:

ENCLOSURE
(108)
ENCLOSURE
(108)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (14 words)

censure, cloners, closure, coulees, counsel, creoles, enclose, encores, necrose, reclone, reclose, recluse, unclose, unreels

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word enclosure

ENCLOSURE
(108)
ENCLOSURE
(108)
ENCLOSURE
(72)
ENCLOSURE
(72)
ENCLOSURE
(48)
ENCLOSURE
(44)
ENCLOSURE
(44)
ENCLOSURE
(44)
ENCLOSURE
(42)
ENCLOSURE
(39)
ENCLOSURE
(36)
ENCLOSURE
(36)
ENCLOSURE
(36)
ENCLOSURE
(30)
ENCLOSURE
(30)
ENCLOSURE
(30)
ENCLOSURE
(30)
ENCLOSURE
(28)
ENCLOSURE
(26)
ENCLOSURE
(26)
ENCLOSURE
(26)
ENCLOSURE
(26)
ENCLOSURE
(26)
ENCLOSURE
(26)
ENCLOSURE
(26)
ENCLOSURE
(26)
ENCLOSURE
(26)
ENCLOSURE
(24)
ENCLOSURE
(24)
ENCLOSURE
(24)
ENCLOSURE
(24)
ENCLOSURE
(24)
ENCLOSURE
(22)
ENCLOSURE
(22)
ENCLOSURE
(22)
ENCLOSURE
(19)
ENCLOSURE
(17)
ENCLOSURE
(16)
ENCLOSURE
(16)
ENCLOSURE
(16)
ENCLOSURE
(15)
ENCLOSURE
(15)
ENCLOSURE
(14)
ENCLOSURE
(14)
ENCLOSURE
(14)
ENCLOSURE
(13)

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

ENCLOSURE
(108)
ENCLOSURE
(108)
NECROSE
(86 = 36 + 50)
COULEES
(86 = 36 + 50)
RECLOSE
(86 = 36 + 50)
RECLUSE
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CREOLES
(86 = 36 + 50)
CLOSURE
(86 = 36 + 50)
COULEES
(86 = 36 + 50)
NECROSE
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNCLOSE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CLONERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNCLOSE
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENCORES
(86 = 36 + 50)
CLONERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENCORES
(86 = 36 + 50)
RECLONE
(86 = 36 + 50)
RECLOSE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CREOLES
(86 = 36 + 50)
RECLUSE
(86 = 36 + 50)
COUNSEL
(86 = 36 + 50)
COUNSEL
(86 = 36 + 50)
CENSURE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CLOSURE
(86 = 36 + 50)
RECLONE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CENSURE
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CENSURE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLONERS
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCORES
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENSURE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLONERS
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
NECROSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CREOLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
NECROSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
NECROSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
COUNSEL
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
NECROSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLONERS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CREOLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLONERS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CREOLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLONERS
(80 = 30 + 50)
NECROSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLONE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CREOLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
CREOLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENSURE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCORES
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLONE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLONERS
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLONE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENSURE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLUSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCORES
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLUSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCORES
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLUSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCORES
(80 = 30 + 50)
NECROSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLUSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCORES
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CREOLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLONERS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CREOLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENSURE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLUSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLUSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENSURE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENSURE
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLONE
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCORES
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLUSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLUSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
COUNSEL
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCORES
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLOSURE
(80 = 30 + 50)
COULEES
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLONE
(80 = 30 + 50)
COUNSEL
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
COULEES
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLOSURE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
COUNSEL
(80 = 30 + 50)
COULEES
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLONE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLONE
(80 = 30 + 50)
COULEES
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLOSURE
(80 = 30 + 50)
NECROSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
COULEES
(80 = 30 + 50)
COUNSEL
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLOSURE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECLONE
(80 = 30 + 50)
COULEES
(80 = 30 + 50)
COUNSEL
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLOSURE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLOSURE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLOSURE
(80 = 30 + 50)
COUNSEL
(80 = 30 + 50)
COULEES
(80 = 30 + 50)
NECROSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNREELS
(78 = 28 + 50)
COUNSEL
(77 = 27 + 50)
CLONERS
(77 = 27 + 50)
UNCLOSE
(77 = 27 + 50)
CENSURE
(77 = 27 + 50)
CLOSURE
(77 = 27 + 50)
RECLOSE
(77 = 27 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(77 = 27 + 50)
RECLONE
(77 = 27 + 50)
ENCORES
(77 = 27 + 50)
RECLUSE
(77 = 27 + 50)
CREOLES
(77 = 27 + 50)
COULEES
(77 = 27 + 50)
NECROSE
(77 = 27 + 50)
UNCLOSE
(76 = 26 + 50)
COUNSEL
(76 = 26 + 50)
CREOLES
(76 = 26 + 50)
RECLONE
(76 = 26 + 50)
CENSURE
(76 = 26 + 50)
COULEES
(76 = 26 + 50)
RECLUSE
(76 = 26 + 50)
CLONERS
(76 = 26 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(76 = 26 + 50)
ENCORES
(76 = 26 + 50)
CLOSURE
(76 = 26 + 50)
NECROSE
(76 = 26 + 50)
RECLOSE
(76 = 26 + 50)
COUNSEL
(74 = 24 + 50)
UNREELS
(74 = 24 + 50)
CENSURE
(74 = 24 + 50)
COUNSEL
(74 = 24 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(74 = 24 + 50)
RECLOSE
(74 = 24 + 50)
UNREELS
(74 = 24 + 50)
CLOSURE
(74 = 24 + 50)
UNREELS
(74 = 24 + 50)
ENCORES
(74 = 24 + 50)
RECLONE
(74 = 24 + 50)
CLONERS
(74 = 24 + 50)
UNCLOSE
(74 = 24 + 50)
UNREELS
(74 = 24 + 50)
CLOSURE
(74 = 24 + 50)
CLONERS
(74 = 24 + 50)
COULEES
(74 = 24 + 50)
UNREELS
(74 = 24 + 50)
RECLUSE
(74 = 24 + 50)
UNREELS
(74 = 24 + 50)
NECROSE
(74 = 24 + 50)
UNREELS
(74 = 24 + 50)
CREOLES
(74 = 24 + 50)
COULEES
(74 = 24 + 50)
CREOLES
(74 = 24 + 50)
UNREELS
(74 = 24 + 50)
CENSURE
(74 = 24 + 50)
COULEES
(72 = 22 + 50)
ENCORES
(72 = 22 + 50)
RECLUSE
(72 = 22 + 50)
COULEES
(72 = 22 + 50)
UNCLOSE
(72 = 22 + 50)
ENCORES
(72 = 22 + 50)
UNCLOSE
(72 = 22 + 50)
CLOSURE
(72 = 22 + 50)
ENCLOSURE
(72)
RECLUSE
(72 = 22 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(72 = 22 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(72 = 22 + 50)
COULEES
(72 = 22 + 50)
RECLONE
(72 = 22 + 50)
COULEES
(72 = 22 + 50)
RECLOSE
(72 = 22 + 50)
RECLOSE
(72 = 22 + 50)
RECLOSE
(72 = 22 + 50)
RECLUSE
(72 = 22 + 50)
COULEES
(72 = 22 + 50)

enclosure in Words With Friends™

The word enclosure 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: 15

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

ENCLOSURE
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (14 words)

censure, cloners, closure, coulees, counsel, creoles, enclose, encores, necrose, reclone, reclose, recluse, unclose, unreels

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word enclosure

ENCLOSURE
(189)
ENCLOSURE
(114)
ENCLOSURE
(102)
ENCLOSURE
(75)
ENCLOSURE
(75)
ENCLOSURE
(69)
ENCLOSURE
(68)
ENCLOSURE
(64)
ENCLOSURE
(64)
ENCLOSURE
(64)
ENCLOSURE
(63)
ENCLOSURE
(63)
ENCLOSURE
(60)
ENCLOSURE
(60)
ENCLOSURE
(57)
ENCLOSURE
(46)
ENCLOSURE
(38)
ENCLOSURE
(38)
ENCLOSURE
(38)
ENCLOSURE
(38)
ENCLOSURE
(38)
ENCLOSURE
(38)
ENCLOSURE
(38)
ENCLOSURE
(34)
ENCLOSURE
(34)
ENCLOSURE
(34)
ENCLOSURE
(30)
ENCLOSURE
(30)
ENCLOSURE
(30)
ENCLOSURE
(30)
ENCLOSURE
(30)
ENCLOSURE
(30)
ENCLOSURE
(27)
ENCLOSURE
(22)
ENCLOSURE
(22)
ENCLOSURE
(21)
ENCLOSURE
(21)
ENCLOSURE
(21)
ENCLOSURE
(20)
ENCLOSURE
(20)
ENCLOSURE
(19)
ENCLOSURE
(19)
ENCLOSURE
(18)
ENCLOSURE
(18)
ENCLOSURE
(18)
ENCLOSURE
(18)
ENCLOSURE
(18)
ENCLOSURE
(18)
ENCLOSURE
(18)
ENCLOSURE
(17)
ENCLOSURE
(17)
ENCLOSURE
(17)
ENCLOSURE
(16)

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

ENCLOSURE
(189)
ENCLOSURE
(114)
COUNSEL
(110 = 75 + 35)
UNCLOSE
(110 = 75 + 35)
COULEES
(107 = 72 + 35)
CENSURE
(107 = 72 + 35)
NECROSE
(104 = 69 + 35)
ENCLOSURE
(102)
RECLUSE
(101 = 66 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(101 = 66 + 35)
CLONERS
(101 = 66 + 35)
CLOSURE
(101 = 66 + 35)
RECLONE
(101 = 66 + 35)
CREOLES
(98 = 63 + 35)
ENCORES
(98 = 63 + 35)
RECLOSE
(98 = 63 + 35)
UNCLOSE
(98 = 63 + 35)
COUNSEL
(98 = 63 + 35)
CLONERS
(95 = 60 + 35)
COULEES
(95 = 60 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(95 = 60 + 35)
CLONERS
(95 = 60 + 35)
CENSURE
(95 = 60 + 35)
CLOSURE
(95 = 60 + 35)
RECLONE
(95 = 60 + 35)
COUNSEL
(92 = 57 + 35)
COUNSEL
(92 = 57 + 35)
UNCLOSE
(92 = 57 + 35)
CREOLES
(92 = 57 + 35)
COUNSEL
(92 = 57 + 35)
CLOSURE
(89 = 54 + 35)
COULEES
(89 = 54 + 35)
RECLUSE
(89 = 54 + 35)
RECLUSE
(89 = 54 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(89 = 54 + 35)
RECLONE
(89 = 54 + 35)
CLONERS
(89 = 54 + 35)
CLOSURE
(89 = 54 + 35)
COULEES
(89 = 54 + 35)
CENSURE
(89 = 54 + 35)
RECLUSE
(89 = 54 + 35)
UNCLOSE
(87 = 52 + 35)
UNCLOSE
(87 = 52 + 35)
UNCLOSE
(87 = 52 + 35)
COUNSEL
(87 = 52 + 35)
COUNSEL
(87 = 52 + 35)
COUNSEL
(87 = 52 + 35)
RECLOSE
(86 = 51 + 35)
COUNSEL
(86 = 51 + 35)
CREOLES
(86 = 51 + 35)
COUNSEL
(86 = 51 + 35)
ENCORES
(86 = 51 + 35)
COUNSEL
(86 = 51 + 35)
UNCLOSE
(86 = 51 + 35)
UNCLOSE
(86 = 51 + 35)
RECLOSE
(86 = 51 + 35)
UNCLOSE
(86 = 51 + 35)
UNCLOSE
(86 = 51 + 35)
UNCLOSE
(86 = 51 + 35)
RECLONE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CENSURE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLOSURE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLONERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
RECLONE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLOSURE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLONERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
RECLONE
(83 = 48 + 35)
RECLONE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLONERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
RECLONE
(83 = 48 + 35)
UNREELS
(83 = 48 + 35)
RECLONE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLOSURE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLOSURE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLOSURE
(83 = 48 + 35)
RECLONE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CENSURE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CENSURE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CENSURE
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
COULEES
(83 = 48 + 35)
COULEES
(83 = 48 + 35)
COULEES
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLONERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
COULEES
(83 = 48 + 35)
COULEES
(83 = 48 + 35)
RECLUSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
RECLUSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
RECLUSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLONERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
COULEES
(83 = 48 + 35)
CENSURE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLONERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLONERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
RECLUSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
UNREELS
(83 = 48 + 35)
RECLUSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
UNREELS
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCORES
(80 = 45 + 35)
ENCORES
(80 = 45 + 35)
NECROSE
(80 = 45 + 35)
ENCORES
(80 = 45 + 35)
NECROSE
(80 = 45 + 35)
UNCLOSE
(80 = 45 + 35)
COUNSEL
(80 = 45 + 35)
COUNSEL
(80 = 45 + 35)
RECLOSE
(80 = 45 + 35)
CREOLES
(80 = 45 + 35)
RECLOSE
(80 = 45 + 35)
RECLOSE
(80 = 45 + 35)
UNCLOSE
(80 = 45 + 35)
NECROSE
(80 = 45 + 35)
CREOLES
(80 = 45 + 35)
NECROSE
(80 = 45 + 35)
RECLOSE
(79 = 44 + 35)
RECLOSE
(79 = 44 + 35)
ENCORES
(79 = 44 + 35)
RECLOSE
(79 = 44 + 35)
NECROSE
(79 = 44 + 35)
CREOLES
(79 = 44 + 35)
NECROSE
(79 = 44 + 35)
CREOLES
(79 = 44 + 35)
ENCORES
(79 = 44 + 35)
ENCORES
(79 = 44 + 35)
CREOLES
(79 = 44 + 35)
NECROSE
(79 = 44 + 35)
CENSURE
(77 = 42 + 35)
RECLONE
(77 = 42 + 35)
CLOSURE
(77 = 42 + 35)
RECLUSE
(77 = 42 + 35)
COULEES
(77 = 42 + 35)
COULEES
(77 = 42 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(77 = 42 + 35)
COULEES
(77 = 42 + 35)
RECLONE
(77 = 42 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(77 = 42 + 35)
UNREELS
(77 = 42 + 35)
CENSURE
(77 = 42 + 35)
CENSURE
(77 = 42 + 35)
CLOSURE
(77 = 42 + 35)
CENSURE
(77 = 42 + 35)
RECLUSE
(77 = 42 + 35)
CLOSURE
(77 = 42 + 35)
CLOSURE
(77 = 42 + 35)
RECLUSE
(77 = 42 + 35)
UNREELS
(77 = 42 + 35)
CENSURE
(77 = 42 + 35)
RECLUSE
(77 = 42 + 35)
UNREELS
(77 = 42 + 35)
COUNSEL
(77 = 42 + 35)
UNREELS
(77 = 42 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(77 = 42 + 35)
CLONERS
(77 = 42 + 35)
UNCLOSE
(77 = 42 + 35)
CLONERS
(77 = 42 + 35)
RECLONE
(77 = 42 + 35)
RECLONE
(75 = 40 + 35)
CENSURE
(75 = 40 + 35)
ENCLOSURE
(75)
UNREELS
(75 = 40 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(75 = 40 + 35)
UNREELS
(75 = 40 + 35)
CLONERS
(75 = 40 + 35)
COULEES
(75 = 40 + 35)
RECLUSE
(75 = 40 + 35)
CLOSURE
(75 = 40 + 35)
UNREELS
(75 = 40 + 35)
ENCLOSURE
(75)
NECROSE
(74 = 39 + 35)
NECROSE
(74 = 39 + 35)
RECLOSE
(74 = 39 + 35)
CREOLES
(74 = 39 + 35)
ENCORES
(74 = 39 + 35)
NECROSE
(74 = 39 + 35)
ENCORES
(74 = 39 + 35)
RECLOSE
(74 = 39 + 35)
CREOLES
(74 = 39 + 35)
ENCORES
(74 = 39 + 35)
ENCORES
(74 = 39 + 35)
ENCORES
(74 = 39 + 35)
RECLOSE
(74 = 39 + 35)
CREOLES
(74 = 39 + 35)
CREOLES
(74 = 39 + 35)
RECLOSE
(74 = 39 + 35)
NECROSE
(74 = 39 + 35)
CREOLES
(74 = 39 + 35)
NECROSE
(74 = 39 + 35)
ENCORES
(73 = 38 + 35)
NECROSE
(73 = 38 + 35)
CREOLES
(73 = 38 + 35)
RECLOSE
(73 = 38 + 35)
UNCLES
(72)
CONSUL
(72)
UNREELS
(71 = 36 + 35)

Words containing the sequence enclosure

Words that start with enclosure (2 words)

Words with enclosure in them (2 words)

Words that end with enclosure (2 words)

Word Growth involving enclosure

Shorter words in enclosure

os closure

re sure closure

en

Longer words containing enclosure

enclosures semienclosures

semienclosure semienclosures