Definition of forcing

"forcing" in the verb sense

1. coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force

to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

"She forced him to take a job in the city"

"He squeezed her for information"

2. impel, force

urge or force (a person) to an action constrain or motivate

3. push, force

move with force

"He pushed the table into a corner"

4. force, thrust

impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

"She forced her diet fads on him"

5. wedge, squeeze, force

squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

"I squeezed myself into the corner"

6. force, drive, ram

force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

"She rammed her mind into focus"

"He drives me mad"

7. force

do forcibly exert force

"Don't force it!"

8. storm, force

take by force

"Storm the fort"

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Quotations for forcing

Whenever he speaks, Heaven, how the listening throng
Dwell on the melting music of his tongue!
His arguments are emblems of his mien,
Mild but not faint, and forcing, though serene:
And when the power of eloquence he'd try,
Here lightning strikes you, there soft breezes sigh. [ Garth ]

Those who make antitheses by forcing the sense are like men who make false windows for the sake of symmetry. Their rule is not to speak justly, but to make accurate figures. [ Pascal ]

The greatest of all injustice is that which goes under the name of law; and of all sorts of tyranny, the forcing the letter of the law against the equity is the most insupportable. [ L'Estrange ]

Commonsense punishes all departures from her, by forcing those who rebel into a desperate war with all facts and experience, and into a still more terrible civil war with each other and with themselves. [ Colton ]

forcing in Scrabble®

The word forcing is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters forcing:

FORCING
(102 = 52 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word forcing

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

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FORCING
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FORCING
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forcing in Words With Friends™

The word forcing is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

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

FORCING
(119 = 84 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

forcing

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word forcing

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

FORCING
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FORCING
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FORCING
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Words within the letters of forcing

2 letter words in forcing (7 words)

3 letter words in forcing (12 words)

4 letter words in forcing (10 words)

5 letter words in forcing (3 words)

6 letter words in forcing (1 word)

7 letter words in forcing (1 word)

forcing + 1 blank (2 words)

forcing + 2 blanks (5 words)

Words containing the sequence forcing

Words that start with forcing (1 word)

Words with forcing in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving forcing

Shorter words in forcing

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Longer words containing forcing

deforcing

enforcing nonenforcing

enforcing reenforcing

nonforcing

reinforcing