Definition of greediness

"greediness" in the noun sense

1. greediness, hoggishness, piggishness

an excessive desire for food

2. greediness, voraciousness, rapaciousness

an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts

"the greediness of lawyers"

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Quotations for greediness

Greediness bursts the bag. [ Proverb ]

Covetousness, by a greediness of getting more, deprives itself of the true end of getting; it loses the enjoyment of what it has got. [ Sprat ]

The avaricious man is like the barren sandy ground of the desert, which sucks in all the rain and dews with greediness, but yields no fruitful herbs or plants for the benefit of others. [ Zeno ]

greediness in Scrabble®

The word greediness 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: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters greediness:

GREEDINESS
(117)
GREEDINESS
(117)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (30 words)

degrees, deniers, designs, desires, digress, genders, geneses, genesis, greened, greisen, ingress, needers, needier, redness, reigned, reneged, reneges, reseeds, resends, resides, resigns, sedgier, seeders, seedier, seeding, senders, signees, signers, singers, sneered

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word greediness

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

GREEDINESS
(117)
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(117)
GREENED
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greediness in Words With Friends™

The word greediness 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: 14

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

GREEDINESS
(198)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (30 words)

degrees, deniers, designs, desires, digress, genders, geneses, genesis, greened, greisen, ingress, needers, needier, redness, reigned, reneged, reneges, reseeds, resends, resides, resigns, sedgier, seeders, seedier, seeding, senders, signees, signers, singers, sneered

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word greediness

GREEDINESS
(198)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In greediness

GREEDINESS
(198)
GREEDINESS
(162)
GREEDINESS
(108)
RENEGED
(98 = 63 + 35)
GENDERS
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Words within the letters of greediness

2 letter words in greediness (5 words)

3 letter words in greediness (21 words)

10 letter words in greediness (1 word)

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Words containing the sequence greediness

Words that start with greediness (1 word)

Words with greediness in them (1 word)

Words that end with greediness (1 word)

Word Growth involving greediness

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