Definition of encourages

"encourages" in the verb sense

1. promote, advance, boost, further, encourage

contribute to the progress or growth of

"I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"

2. encourage

inspire with confidence give hope or courage to

3. encourage

spur on

"His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"

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Quotations for encourages

You may be liberal in your praise where praise is due: it costs nothing; it encourages much. [ Horace Mann ]

The useful encourages itself; for the multitude produce it, and no one can dispense with it: the beautiful must be encouraged; for few can set it forth, and many need it. [ Goethe ]

encourages in Scrabble®

The word encourages 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: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters encourages:

ENCOURAGES
(126)
ENCOURAGES
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (24 words)

acerose, acerous, canoers, careens, cargoes, carouse, censure, coarsen, corneas, corsage, cougars, courage, encores, enrages, necrose, negroes, oranges, recanes, scourge, scrouge, seagoer, surgeon, uncages, uneager

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word encourages

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

ENCOURAGES
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ENCOURAGES
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SCOURGE
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ENCORES
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SCOURGE
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encourages in Words With Friends™

The word encourages 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™ Play In The Letters encourages:

ENCOURAGES
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (24 words)

acerose, acerous, canoers, careens, cargoes, carouse, censure, coarsen, corneas, corsage, cougars, courage, encores, enrages, necrose, negroes, oranges, recanes, scourge, scrouge, seagoer, surgeon, uncages, uneager

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word encourages

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

ENCOURAGES
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ENCOURAGES
(189)
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(114)
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UNCAGES
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Words within the letters of encourages

2 letter words in encourages (15 words)

8 letter words in encourages (3 words)

9 letter words in encourages (1 word)

10 letter words in encourages (1 word)

encourages + 1 blank (1 word)

encourages + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence encourages

Words that start with encourages (1 word)

Words with encourages in them (1 word)

Words that end with encourages (3 words)

Word Growth involving encourages

Shorter words in encourages

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Longer words containing encourages

overencourages

reencourages