Definition of encumbering

"encumbering" in the verb sense

1. restrain, encumber, cumber

restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult

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encumbering in Scrabble®

The word encumbering 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: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters encumbering:

ENCUMBERING
(171)
ENCUMBERING
(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (19 words)

begrime, beguine, burning, cerumen, crubeen, curbing, eugenic, generic, genuine, iceberg, incubee, numbing, numeric, rebegin, rebegun, regimen, ringmen, uncrime, unmerge

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word encumbering

ENCUMBERING
(171)
ENCUMBERING
(171)
ENCUMBERING
(114)
ENCUMBERING
(114)
ENCUMBERING
(88)
ENCUMBERING
(84)
ENCUMBERING
(84)
ENCUMBERING
(76)
ENCUMBERING
(72)
ENCUMBERING
(72)
ENCUMBERING
(72)
ENCUMBERING
(72)
ENCUMBERING
(72)
ENCUMBERING
(69)
ENCUMBERING
(60)
ENCUMBERING
(60)
ENCUMBERING
(52)
ENCUMBERING
(52)
ENCUMBERING
(52)
ENCUMBERING
(52)
ENCUMBERING
(48)
ENCUMBERING
(46)
ENCUMBERING
(44)
ENCUMBERING
(44)
ENCUMBERING
(42)
ENCUMBERING
(40)
ENCUMBERING
(40)
ENCUMBERING
(40)
ENCUMBERING
(40)
ENCUMBERING
(30)
ENCUMBERING
(28)
ENCUMBERING
(28)
ENCUMBERING
(25)
ENCUMBERING
(25)
ENCUMBERING
(23)
ENCUMBERING
(23)
ENCUMBERING
(23)
ENCUMBERING
(22)

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

ENCUMBERING
(171)
ENCUMBERING
(171)
ENCUMBERING
(114)
ENCUMBERING
(114)
NUMBING
(98 = 48 + 50)
BEGRIME
(98 = 48 + 50)
ICEBERG
(98 = 48 + 50)
CURBING
(98 = 48 + 50)
ICEBERG
(95 = 45 + 50)
CURBING
(95 = 45 + 50)
ICEBERG
(95 = 45 + 50)
ICEBERG
(95 = 45 + 50)
BEGRIME
(95 = 45 + 50)
CURBING
(95 = 45 + 50)
NUMBING
(95 = 45 + 50)
NUMBING
(95 = 45 + 50)
CURBING
(95 = 45 + 50)
NUMBING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BEGRIME
(95 = 45 + 50)
UNCRIME
(94 = 44 + 50)
CRUBEEN
(94 = 44 + 50)
CERUMEN
(94 = 44 + 50)
NUMERIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
INCUBEE
(94 = 44 + 50)
CERUMEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
NUMERIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
CRUBEEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
NUMERIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
CERUMEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
UNCRIME
(92 = 42 + 50)
UNCRIME
(92 = 42 + 50)
NUMBING
(92 = 42 + 50)
INCUBEE
(92 = 42 + 50)
BEGRIME
(92 = 42 + 50)
CURBING
(92 = 42 + 50)
ICEBERG
(92 = 42 + 50)
INCUBEE
(92 = 42 + 50)
CRUBEEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
CRUBEEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
BURNING
(90 = 40 + 50)
GENERIC
(90 = 40 + 50)
RINGMEN
(90 = 40 + 50)
BEGUINE
(90 = 40 + 50)
REBEGIN
(90 = 40 + 50)
UNMERGE
(90 = 40 + 50)
REGIMEN
(90 = 40 + 50)
REBEGUN
(90 = 40 + 50)
EUGENIC
(90 = 40 + 50)
BEGRIME
(89 = 39 + 50)
NUMBING
(89 = 39 + 50)
BEGRIME
(89 = 39 + 50)
BEGRIME
(89 = 39 + 50)
BEGRIME
(89 = 39 + 50)
CURBING
(89 = 39 + 50)
EUGENIC
(89 = 39 + 50)
BEGUINE
(89 = 39 + 50)
RINGMEN
(89 = 39 + 50)
NUMBING
(89 = 39 + 50)
UNMERGE
(89 = 39 + 50)
REBEGIN
(89 = 39 + 50)
REGIMEN
(89 = 39 + 50)
GENERIC
(89 = 39 + 50)
REBEGUN
(89 = 39 + 50)
BEGRIME
(89 = 39 + 50)
NUMBING
(89 = 39 + 50)
NUMBING
(89 = 39 + 50)
ICEBERG
(89 = 39 + 50)
BURNING
(89 = 39 + 50)
ICEBERG
(89 = 39 + 50)
CURBING
(89 = 39 + 50)
ICEBERG
(89 = 39 + 50)
ICEBERG
(89 = 39 + 50)
CURBING
(89 = 39 + 50)
CURBING
(89 = 39 + 50)
ENCUMBERING
(88)
UNCRIME
(86 = 36 + 50)
BEGRIME
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNCRIME
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNCRIME
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNCRIME
(86 = 36 + 50)
REBEGIN
(86 = 36 + 50)
RINGMEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
CERUMEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNCRIME
(86 = 36 + 50)
REBEGUN
(86 = 36 + 50)
BURNING
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRUBEEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNCRIME
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRUBEEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
RINGMEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
ICEBERG
(86 = 36 + 50)
EUGENIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
ICEBERG
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRUBEEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRUBEEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
REGIMEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
INCUBEE
(86 = 36 + 50)
NUMBING
(86 = 36 + 50)
CERUMEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNMERGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
NUMBING
(86 = 36 + 50)
CERUMEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
CERUMEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
NUMERIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
BEGRIME
(86 = 36 + 50)
CERUMEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
INCUBEE
(86 = 36 + 50)
GENERIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
INCUBEE
(86 = 36 + 50)
INCUBEE
(86 = 36 + 50)
NUMERIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
NUMERIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
NUMERIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
BEGUINE
(86 = 36 + 50)
NUMERIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
INCUBEE
(86 = 36 + 50)
NUMERIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
INCUBEE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CURBING
(86 = 36 + 50)
CERUMEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRUBEEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENCUMBERING
(84)
INCUBEE
(84 = 34 + 50)
INCUBEE
(84 = 34 + 50)
UNCRIME
(84 = 34 + 50)
BEGRIME
(84 = 34 + 50)
CERUMEN
(84 = 34 + 50)
UNCRIME
(84 = 34 + 50)
ENCUMBERING
(84)
NUMERIC
(84 = 34 + 50)
REBEGIN
(83 = 33 + 50)
GENERIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
REBEGIN
(83 = 33 + 50)
REBEGIN
(83 = 33 + 50)
REBEGIN
(83 = 33 + 50)
REBEGIN
(83 = 33 + 50)
BEGUINE
(83 = 33 + 50)
BEGUINE
(83 = 33 + 50)
BURNING
(83 = 33 + 50)
REBEGIN
(83 = 33 + 50)
EUGENIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
BEGUINE
(83 = 33 + 50)
RINGMEN
(83 = 33 + 50)
BEGUINE
(83 = 33 + 50)
BEGUINE
(83 = 33 + 50)
BURNING
(83 = 33 + 50)
GENERIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
BEGUINE
(83 = 33 + 50)
GENERIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
GENERIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
CERUMEN
(83 = 33 + 50)
NUMERIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
BURNING
(83 = 33 + 50)
REBEGUN
(83 = 33 + 50)
BURNING
(83 = 33 + 50)
REBEGUN
(83 = 33 + 50)
EUGENIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
BURNING
(83 = 33 + 50)
REGIMEN
(83 = 33 + 50)
EUGENIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
REGIMEN
(83 = 33 + 50)
EUGENIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
REGIMEN
(83 = 33 + 50)
REGIMEN
(83 = 33 + 50)
GENERIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
REBEGUN
(83 = 33 + 50)
REGIMEN
(83 = 33 + 50)
REGIMEN
(83 = 33 + 50)
BURNING
(83 = 33 + 50)
EUGENIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
REBEGUN
(83 = 33 + 50)
REBEGUN
(83 = 33 + 50)
REBEGUN
(83 = 33 + 50)
RINGMEN
(83 = 33 + 50)
RINGMEN
(83 = 33 + 50)
CRUBEEN
(83 = 33 + 50)
GENERIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
RINGMEN
(83 = 33 + 50)
RINGMEN
(83 = 33 + 50)
EUGENIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
INCUBEE
(83 = 33 + 50)
UNMERGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
UNMERGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
UNMERGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
UNMERGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
UNMERGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
UNMERGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
UNCRIME
(83 = 33 + 50)
GENUINE
(82 = 32 + 50)
BEGRIME
(82 = 32 + 50)
CURBING
(82 = 32 + 50)
UNMERGE
(82 = 32 + 50)
REBEGUN
(82 = 32 + 50)
NUMBING
(82 = 32 + 50)
REBEGIN
(82 = 32 + 50)
RINGMEN
(82 = 32 + 50)
REGIMEN
(82 = 32 + 50)
GENERIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
INCUBEE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ICEBERG
(80 = 30 + 50)

encumbering in Words With Friends™

The word encumbering 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: 25

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

ENCUMBERING
(333)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (19 words)

begrime, beguine, burning, cerumen, crubeen, curbing, eugenic, generic, genuine, iceberg, incubee, numbing, numeric, rebegin, rebegun, regimen, ringmen, uncrime, unmerge

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word encumbering

ENCUMBERING
(333)
ENCUMBERING
(315)
ENCUMBERING
(315)
ENCUMBERING
(174)
ENCUMBERING
(162)
ENCUMBERING
(123)
ENCUMBERING
(116)
ENCUMBERING
(116)
ENCUMBERING
(108)
ENCUMBERING
(108)
ENCUMBERING
(104)
ENCUMBERING
(100)
ENCUMBERING
(100)
ENCUMBERING
(100)
ENCUMBERING
(87)
ENCUMBERING
(78)
ENCUMBERING
(74)
ENCUMBERING
(74)
ENCUMBERING
(70)
ENCUMBERING
(70)
ENCUMBERING
(66)
ENCUMBERING
(58)
ENCUMBERING
(50)
ENCUMBERING
(50)
ENCUMBERING
(34)
ENCUMBERING
(34)
ENCUMBERING
(34)
ENCUMBERING
(34)
ENCUMBERING
(33)
ENCUMBERING
(33)
ENCUMBERING
(32)
ENCUMBERING
(31)
ENCUMBERING
(31)
ENCUMBERING
(31)
ENCUMBERING
(30)
ENCUMBERING
(30)
ENCUMBERING
(29)
ENCUMBERING
(29)
ENCUMBERING
(28)

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

ENCUMBERING
(333)
ENCUMBERING
(315)
ENCUMBERING
(315)
ENCUMBERING
(174)
ENCUMBERING
(162)
ICEBERG
(128 = 93 + 35)
NUMBING
(125 = 90 + 35)
NUMBING
(125 = 90 + 35)
NUMBING
(125 = 90 + 35)
ENCUMBERING
(123)
BEGRIME
(122 = 87 + 35)
CURBING
(122 = 87 + 35)
CURBING
(122 = 87 + 35)
BEGUINE
(119 = 84 + 35)
CRUBEEN
(116 = 81 + 35)
ENCUMBERING
(116)
NUMERIC
(116 = 81 + 35)
UNCRIME
(116 = 81 + 35)
CURBING
(116 = 81 + 35)
CERUMEN
(116 = 81 + 35)
ENCUMBERING
(116)
RINGMEN
(113 = 78 + 35)
NUMBING
(113 = 78 + 35)
NUMBING
(113 = 78 + 35)
NUMBING
(113 = 78 + 35)
EUGENIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
UNMERGE
(113 = 78 + 35)
INCUBEE
(110 = 75 + 35)
CURBING
(110 = 75 + 35)
REGIMEN
(110 = 75 + 35)
BEGRIME
(110 = 75 + 35)
INCUBEE
(110 = 75 + 35)
CRUBEEN
(110 = 75 + 35)
BURNING
(110 = 75 + 35)
UNCRIME
(110 = 75 + 35)
CURBING
(110 = 75 + 35)
CURBING
(110 = 75 + 35)
CURBING
(110 = 75 + 35)
NUMERIC
(110 = 75 + 35)
ICEBERG
(110 = 75 + 35)
CERUMEN
(110 = 75 + 35)
CRUBEEN
(110 = 75 + 35)
ENCUMBERING
(108)
ENCUMBERING
(108)
NUMBING
(107 = 72 + 35)
NUMBING
(107 = 72 + 35)
NUMBING
(107 = 72 + 35)
NUMBING
(107 = 72 + 35)
REBEGUN
(107 = 72 + 35)
REBEGUN
(107 = 72 + 35)
ICEBERG
(104 = 69 + 35)
BURNING
(104 = 69 + 35)
BURNING
(104 = 69 + 35)
INCUBEE
(104 = 69 + 35)
ICEBERG
(104 = 69 + 35)
ICEBERG
(104 = 69 + 35)
UNCRIME
(104 = 69 + 35)
CRUBEEN
(104 = 69 + 35)
NUMERIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
CRUBEEN
(104 = 69 + 35)
BURNING
(104 = 69 + 35)
REBEGIN
(104 = 69 + 35)
REBEGIN
(104 = 69 + 35)
CRUBEEN
(104 = 69 + 35)
CERUMEN
(104 = 69 + 35)
BEGRIME
(104 = 69 + 35)
ICEBERG
(104 = 69 + 35)
BEGRIME
(104 = 69 + 35)
BURNING
(104 = 69 + 35)
ENCUMBERING
(104)
GENERIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
CURBING
(104 = 69 + 35)
GENERIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
CURBING
(103 = 68 + 35)
CURBING
(103 = 68 + 35)
CURBING
(103 = 68 + 35)
BEGUINE
(101 = 66 + 35)
BEGUINE
(101 = 66 + 35)
EUGENIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
UNMERGE
(101 = 66 + 35)
NUMBING
(101 = 66 + 35)
RINGMEN
(101 = 66 + 35)
RINGMEN
(101 = 66 + 35)
EUGENIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
GENUINE
(101 = 66 + 35)
NUMBING
(101 = 66 + 35)
NUMBING
(101 = 66 + 35)
ENCUMBERING
(100)
ENCUMBERING
(100)
ENCUMBERING
(100)
UNCRIME
(98 = 63 + 35)
INCUBEE
(98 = 63 + 35)
CERUMEN
(98 = 63 + 35)
REGIMEN
(98 = 63 + 35)
BURNING
(98 = 63 + 35)
CERUMEN
(98 = 63 + 35)
NUMERIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
CURBING
(98 = 63 + 35)
CURBING
(98 = 63 + 35)
GENERIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
ICEBERG
(98 = 63 + 35)
CRUBEEN
(98 = 63 + 35)
CUBING
(96)
NUMERIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
EUGENIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
NUMERIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
CRUBEEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
REBEGUN
(95 = 60 + 35)
NUMERIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
CRUBEEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
CRUBEEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
RINGMEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
RINGMEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
RINGMEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
CERUMEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
CERUMEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
BEGUINE
(95 = 60 + 35)
BEGRIME
(95 = 60 + 35)
BEGRIME
(95 = 60 + 35)
BEGRIME
(95 = 60 + 35)
UNCRIME
(95 = 60 + 35)
GENUINE
(95 = 60 + 35)
UNCRIME
(95 = 60 + 35)
ICEBERG
(95 = 60 + 35)
UNMERGE
(95 = 60 + 35)
INCUBEE
(95 = 60 + 35)
BURNING
(95 = 60 + 35)
INCUBEE
(95 = 60 + 35)
BURNING
(95 = 60 + 35)
UNCRIME
(95 = 60 + 35)
CERUMEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
ICEBERG
(95 = 60 + 35)
ICEBERG
(95 = 60 + 35)
INCUBEE
(95 = 60 + 35)
UNMERGE
(95 = 60 + 35)
BURNING
(95 = 60 + 35)
INCUBEE
(92 = 57 + 35)
BURNING
(92 = 57 + 35)
BURNING
(92 = 57 + 35)
INCUBEE
(92 = 57 + 35)
ICEBERG
(92 = 57 + 35)
BURNING
(92 = 57 + 35)
CERUMEN
(92 = 57 + 35)
INCUBEE
(92 = 57 + 35)
CERUMEN
(92 = 57 + 35)
BEGRIME
(92 = 57 + 35)
CRUBEEN
(92 = 57 + 35)
UNCRIME
(92 = 57 + 35)
CERUMEN
(92 = 57 + 35)
NUMERIC
(92 = 57 + 35)
BEGRIME
(92 = 57 + 35)
BURNING
(92 = 57 + 35)
NUMERIC
(92 = 57 + 35)
UNCRIME
(92 = 57 + 35)
NUMERIC
(92 = 57 + 35)
GENERIC
(92 = 57 + 35)
UNCRIME
(92 = 57 + 35)
RINGMEN
(91 = 56 + 35)
UNMERGE
(91 = 56 + 35)
BEGUINE
(91 = 56 + 35)
BEGUINE
(91 = 56 + 35)
BEGUINE
(91 = 56 + 35)
UNMERGE
(91 = 56 + 35)
EUGENIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
RINGMEN
(91 = 56 + 35)
EUGENIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
UNMERGE
(91 = 56 + 35)
EUGENIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
RINGMEN
(91 = 56 + 35)
REBEGUN
(91 = 56 + 35)
REBEGUN
(91 = 56 + 35)
REBEGUN
(91 = 56 + 35)
BUCINE
(90)
CUMENE
(90)
REBEGUN
(89 = 54 + 35)
BEGUINE
(89 = 54 + 35)
UNMERGE
(89 = 54 + 35)
GENUINE
(89 = 54 + 35)
EUGENIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
RINGMEN
(89 = 54 + 35)
REBEGUN
(89 = 54 + 35)
BEGUINE
(89 = 54 + 35)
BEGUINE
(89 = 54 + 35)
REBEGUN
(89 = 54 + 35)
UNMERGE
(89 = 54 + 35)
GENUINE
(89 = 54 + 35)
BEGUINE
(89 = 54 + 35)
EUGENIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
UNMERGE
(89 = 54 + 35)
REBEGIN
(87 = 52 + 35)
REBEGIN
(87 = 52 + 35)
REGIMEN
(87 = 52 + 35)
GENERIC
(87 = 52 + 35)
GENERIC
(87 = 52 + 35)
NUMBING
(87 = 52 + 35)
REBEGIN
(87 = 52 + 35)
REGIMEN
(87 = 52 + 35)
GENERIC
(87 = 52 + 35)
REGIMEN
(87 = 52 + 35)
UREMIC
(87)

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