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Definition of encouraging

"encouraging" 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"

"encouraging" in the adjective sense

1. encouraging

giving courage or confidence or hope

"encouraging advances in medical research"

2. encouraging, supporting

furnishing support and encouragement

"the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for encouraging

There's mercy in every place,
And mercy, encouraging thought,
Gives even affliction a grace,
And reconciles man to his lot. [ William Cowper ]

Nothing keeps me in such awe as perfect beauty; now, there is something consoling and encouraging in ugliness. [ Sheridan ]

Surely it is better to enclose the gulf and hinder all access, than by encouraging us to advance a little, to entice us afterwards a little further, and let us perceive our folly only by our destruction. [ Johnson ]

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encouraging in Scrabble®

The word encouraging 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: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters encouraging:

ENCOURAGING

(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (21 words)

arguing, cannier, coinage, coreign, corning, courage, craning, earning, gearing, gracing, guanine, gurning, ironage, nearing, organic, ranging, reunion, roaning, roguing, unaging, unicorn

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ENCOURAGING

(153)

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encouraging in Words With Friends™

The word encouraging 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: 21

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

ENCOURAGING

(261)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (21 words)

arguing, cannier, coinage, coreign, corning, courage, craning, earning, gearing, gracing, guanine, gurning, ironage, nearing, organic, ranging, reunion, roaning, roguing, unaging, unicorn

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word encouraging

ENCOURAGING

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ENCOURAGING

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Words within the letters of encouraging

2 letter words in encouraging (13 words)

ag ai an ar en go in no nu on or re un

3 letter words in encouraging (42 words)

ace age ago air arc are can car cog con cue cur ear egg ego eon era erg gag gig gin gnu gun ice inn ion ire nag nor nun oar one ore our rag ran rig roe rue rug run urn

4 letter words in encouraging (57 words)

5 letter words in encouraging (62 words)

6 letter words in encouraging (45 words)

7 letter words in encouraging (21 words)

arguing cannier coinage coreign corning courage craning earning gearing gracing guanine gurning ironage nearing organic ranging reunion roaning roguing unaging unicorn

8 letter words in encouraging (9 words)

angering canoeing encoring enraging groaning recaning unageing uncaging uncaring

9 letter words in encouraging (2 words)

ignorance nanocurie

11 letter words in encouraging (1 word)

encouraging

encouraging + 2 blanks (3 words)

encouragingly reencouraging unencouraging

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Words containing the sequence encouraging

Words that start with encouraging (2 words)

encouraging encouragingly

Words with encouraging in them (1 word)

encouraging

Words that end with encouraging (5 words)

encouraging overencouraging reencouraging underencouraging unencouraging

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Word Growth involving encouraging

Shorter words in encouraging

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in gin agin aging raging

ag rag raging

Longer words containing encouraging

encouragingly

overencouraging

reencouraging

underencouraging

unencouraging