Definition of instigator

"instigator" in the noun sense

1. instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand

someone who deliberately foments trouble

"she was the instigator of their quarrel"

2. instigator, initiator

a person who initiates a course of action

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Quotations for instigator

Social dissipation, as witnessed in the ball-room, is the abettor of pride, the instigator of jealousv, it is the (sacrificial altar of health, it is the defiler of the soul, it is the avenue of lust and it is the curse of every tower in America. [ Talmage ]

instigator in Scrabble®

The word instigator 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: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters instigator:

INSTIGATOR
(108)
INSTIGATOR
(108)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (26 words)

agonist, airings, arising, gastrin, ignitor, intorts, orating, origins, raising, ratings, rations, ratting, rattons, rioting, rotting, signora, sitting, soaring, sorting, staring, stating, station, storing, straint, tasting, transit

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word instigator

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

INSTIGATOR
(108)
INSTIGATOR
(108)
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instigator in Words With Friends™

The word instigator 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: 13

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

INSTIGATOR
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (26 words)

agonist, airings, arising, gastrin, ignitor, intorts, orating, origins, raising, ratings, rations, ratting, rattons, rioting, rotting, signora, sitting, soaring, sorting, staring, stating, station, storing, straint, tasting, transit

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word instigator

INSTIGATOR
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(30)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In instigator

INSTIGATOR
(189)
INSTIGATOR
(153)
AGONIST
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ORIGINS
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INSTIGATOR
(90)
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(90)
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Words containing the sequence instigator

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