Definition of establishing

"establishing" in the verb sense

1. establish, set up, found, launch

set up or found

"She set up a literacy program"

2. establish, found, plant, constitute, institute

set up or lay the groundwork for

"establish a new department"

3. prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew

establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

"The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"

"The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

4. lay down, establish, make

institute, enact, or establish

"make laws"

5. establish, give

bring about

"The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"

6. install, instal, set up, establish

place

"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

7. build, establish

build or establish something abstract

"build a reputation"

8. establish, base, ground, found

use as a basis for found on

"base a claim on some observation"

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Quotations for establishing

Youth is eminently the fittest season for establishing habits of industry. [ Dr. Farr ]

My principal method for defeating error and heresy is by establishing the truth. One purposes to fill a bushel with tares, but if I can fill it first with wheat, I may defy his attempts. [ Newton ]

There are two modes of establishing our reputation - to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will be invariably accompanied by the latter. [ Colton ]

There are two ways of establishing your reputation, - to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will be invariably accompanied by the latter. [ Colton ]

establishing in Scrabble®

The word establishing 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® Play In The Letters establishing:

ESTABLISHING
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (103 words)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word establishing

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

ESTABLISHING
(207)
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(189)
ESTABLISHING
(138)
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(126)
BLIGHTS
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INHABIT
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BLIGHTS
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BENTHAL
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INHABIT
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ENLIGHT
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NIGHTIE
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LASHING
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GEISHAS
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ENGLISH
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BASHING
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HAGLETS
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NIGHTIE
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LASHING
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SLIGHTS
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HEALING
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LIGHTEN
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GNASHES
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LIGHTEN
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SLEIGHT
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INSIGHT
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SHINGLE
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HISSING
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BLIGHTS
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NIGHTIE
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ENLIGHT
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HAILING
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INSIGHT
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SHINGLE
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SLIGHTS
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LIGHTEN
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BENIGHT
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ESTABLISHING
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INSIGHT
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SHINGLE
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HEALING
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NIGHTIE
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BENTHAL
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INHABIT
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INHABIT
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SLIGHTS
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HAGLETS
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HAILING
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INHABIT
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BANGLES
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INHABIT
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INSIGHT
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SLIGHTS
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ESTABLISHING
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SLEIGHS
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SLEIGHS
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establishing in Words With Friends™

The word establishing 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 establishing:

ESTABLISHING
(279)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (103 words)

abseils, absents, absinth, aiglets, aisling, albites, alibies, alights, anglist, ashiest, astilbe, bagless, bailing, baiting, bangles, bashing, basting, bathing, beating, belting, benight, benthal, besting, biasing, bigness, bitings, blights, elastin, elating, english, enlight, enlists, entails, geishas, gelatin, genials, genital, giblets, glisten, gnashes, haglets, hailing, halites, halting, hastens, hatless, healing, heating, hissing, ignites, ingests, inhabit, inhales, insight, intagli, lashing, lasting, lathing, leasing, lengths, lesbian, liaises, libates, ligases, ligates, lighten, lignite, listens, listing, nailset, nightie, sagiest, sailing, salient, salines, salting, sashing, sealing, seating, seitans, sestina, shingle, sibling, signals, signets, silanes, silents, silting, singles, singlet, slating, sleighs, sleight, slights, stables, tabling, tagline, tailing, tangles, teasing, tilings, tingles, tinsels

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word establishing

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

ESTABLISHING
(279)
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(261)
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(243)
ESTABLISHING
(243)
ESTABLISHING
(174)
ESTABLISHING
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BAGLESS
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GIBLETS
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BENIGHT
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BIGNESS
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BANGLES
(113 = 78 + 35)
BENTHAL
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BLIGHTS
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LIBATES
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ESTABLISHING
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GENIALS
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GELATIN
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BIGNESS
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SHINGLE
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ASTILBE
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LASHING
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ENGLISH
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BAGLESS
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TAILING
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BITINGS
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BAGLESS
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GLISTEN
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ANGLIST
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BITINGS
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TAILING
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LIGHTEN
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ENLIGHT
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SALTING
(92 = 57 + 35)

Words within the letters of establishing

2 letter words in establishing (19 words)

10 letter words in establishing (2 words)

12 letter words in establishing (1 word)

establishing + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence establishing

Words that start with establishing (1 word)

Words with establishing in them (1 word)

Words that end with establishing (4 words)

Word Growth involving establishing

Shorter words in establishing

is establish

ab tab stab establish

ta tab stab establish

hi shin

in shin

Longer words containing establishing

disestablishing

reestablishing preestablishing