Definition of escaping

"escaping" in the verb sense

1. escape, get away, break loose

run away from confinement

"The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"

2. miss, escape

fail to experience

"Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"

3. get off, get away, get by, get out, escape

escape potentially unpleasant consequences get away with a forbidden action

"She gets away with murder!"

"I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"

4. elude, escape

be incomprehensible to escape understanding by

"What you are seeing in him eludes me"

5. escape, get away

remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion

"We escaped to our summer house for a few days"

"The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"

6. scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away

flee take to one's heels cut and run

"If you see this man, run!"

"The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

7. escape

issue or leak, as from a small opening

"Gas escaped into the bedroom"

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Quotations for escaping

The evil which one suffers patiently as inevitable seems insupportable as soon as he conceives the idea of escaping from it. [ De Tocqueville ]

Hair is the most delicate and lasting of our materials, and survives us, like love. It is so light, so gentle, so escaping from the idea of death, that, with a lock of hair belonging to a child or friend, we may almost look up to heaven and compare notes with the angelic nature, - may almost say, I have a piece of thee here not unworthy of thy being now. [ Leigh Hunt ]

It is a folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution. There is no defense against reproach but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph. [ Addison ]

escaping in Scrabble®

The word escaping 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® Play In The Letters escaping:

ESCAPING
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

ceasing, inscape, spacing

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word escaping

ESCAPING
(144)
ESCAPING
(126)
ESCAPING
(96)
ESCAPING
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In escaping

ESCAPING
(144)
ESCAPING
(126)
SPACING
(98 = 48 + 50)
ESCAPING
(96)
SPACING
(95 = 45 + 50)
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INSCAPE
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CEASING
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INSCAPE
(86 = 36 + 50)
SPACING
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INSCAPE
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INSCAPE
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ESCAPING
(84)
INSCAPE
(84 = 34 + 50)
CEASING
(83 = 33 + 50)
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CEASING
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INSCAPE
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CEASING
(80 = 30 + 50)
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INSCAPE
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INSCAPE
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SPACING
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INSCAPE
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ESCAPING
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(42)
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PANICS
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APICES
(39)
PECANS
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PECANS
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PANICS
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APICES
(39)
PACING
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(38)
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CAPES
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SCAPE
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ACING
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INCASE
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CAGES
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PINGS
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escaping in Words With Friends™

The word escaping 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 escaping:

ESCAPING
(150)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

ceasing, inscape, spacing

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word escaping

ESCAPING
(150)
ESCAPING
(114)
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(99)
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(87)
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(81)
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(20)
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(19)
ESCAPING
(18)
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(18)

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

ESCAPING
(150)
SPACING
(131 = 96 + 35)
INSCAPE
(125 = 90 + 35)
SPACING
(119 = 84 + 35)
ESCAPING
(114)
INSCAPE
(113 = 78 + 35)
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(107 = 72 + 35)
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ESCAPING
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(98 = 63 + 35)
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PACING
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INSCAPE
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INSCAPE
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SPACING
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ESCAPING
(87)
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(87 = 52 + 35)
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PECANS
(87)
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(86 = 51 + 35)
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SPACING
(83 = 48 + 35)
INSCAPE
(83 = 48 + 35)
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ESCAPING
(81)
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(80)
CEASING
(80 = 45 + 35)
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SPACING
(79 = 44 + 35)
INSCAPE
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CEASING
(77 = 42 + 35)
ESCAPING
(75)
PANICS
(75)
SPACING
(75 = 40 + 35)
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(73 = 38 + 35)
CEASING
(73 = 38 + 35)
ESCAPING
(72)
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(71 = 36 + 35)
INSCAPE
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PACING
(69)
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(69)
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(69)
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(68)
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(68)
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CASING
(66)
APICES
(66)
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PANICS
(63)
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(63)
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(63)
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PECANS
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(63)
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(63)
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CASEIN
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(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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(60)
PANIC
(60)
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(60)
INCASE
(60)
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EPICS
(57)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57 = 22 + 35)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57)
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PICA
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INSCAPE
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CASEIN
(54)
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(54 = 19 + 35)
PING
(54)
CAPS
(54)
INSCAPE
(54 = 19 + 35)
PANG
(54)
PAGES
(54)
PACE
(54)
CAPE
(54)
EPIC
(54)
INCASE
(54)
CASING
(54)
SPACING
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CAGES
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Words containing the sequence escaping

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Words that end with escaping (1 word)

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