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Definition of frighten

"frighten" in the verb sense

1. frighten, fright, scare, affright

cause fear in

"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"

"Ghosts could never affright her"

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

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Quotations for frighten

The footprints frighten me. [ Horace ]

You frighten a lion with a mask. [ Proverb ]

He must cry loud who would frighten the devil. [ Danish Proverb ]

Bigotry murders religion to frighten folks with her ghost. [ Colton ]

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frighten in Scrabble®

The word frighten 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 frighten:

FRIGHTEN
(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

fighter, freight, hefting

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word frighten

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

FRIGHTEN
(171)
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frighten in Words With Friends™

The word frighten 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: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters frighten:

FRIGHTEN
(132)
FRIGHTEN
(132)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

fighter, freight, hefting

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word frighten

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

FRIGHTEN
(132)
FRIGHTEN
(132)
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Words within the letters of frighten

2 letter words in frighten (9 words)

efehenhehiifinitre

3 letter words in frighten (21 words)

ergfenfigfinfirfitgetginhenherhethitirenetnitrefrigtenthetietin

4 letter words in frighten (26 words)

fernfinefirefretgentgiftgirngringritheirhinthirenighreinrentriferiftringriteternthenthintiertinetingtire

5 letter words in frighten (22 words)

eightfeignfeintfightfinergirthgriefhingeinertinferinterneighnightrefitreignrighttheirthiefthinethingtigertinge

6 letter words in frighten (5 words)

fingerfrightfringehintertinger

7 letter words in frighten (3 words)

fighterfreighthefting

8 letter words in frighten (1 word)

frighten

frighten + 1 blank (4 words)

fatheringforenightfrightensnightfire

frighten + 2 blanks (13 words)

affrightenfeatheringforenightsfreightingfrightenedfrightenerfurtheringgunfighternightfiresnonfighternonfreightrefetchingreshifting
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Words containing the sequence frighten

Words that start with frighten (8 words)

frightenfrightenedfrightenedlyfrightenerfrightenersfrighteningfrighteninglyfrightens

Words with frighten in them (8 words)

frightenaffrightenedaffrighteningaffrightensnonfrighteningoverfrightensunfrightenableunfrightened

Words that end with frighten (3 words)

affrightenfrightenoverfrighten
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Word Growth involving frighten

Shorter words in frighten

rig right fright

en ten

Longer words containing frighten

affrighten affrightened

affrighten affrightening

affrighten affrightens

frightened affrightened

frightened frightenedly

frightened unfrightened

frightener frighteners

frightening affrightening

frightening frighteningly

frightening nonfrightening

frightens affrightens

frightens overfrightens

overfrighten overfrightens

unfrightenable