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Definition of intercept

"intercept" in the noun sense

1. intercept

the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis

"intercept" in the verb sense

1. intercept, stop

seize on its way

"The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

2. wiretap, tap, intercept, bug

tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

"The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"

"Is this hotel room bugged?"

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

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Quotations for intercept

The history of all the world tells us that immoral means will ever intercept good ends. [ Coleridge ]

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intercept in Scrabble®

The word intercept 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: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters intercept:

INTERCEPT

(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

cittern, enteric, enticer, inepter, percent, pettier, precent, receipt, tentier, terpine

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word intercept

INTERCEPT

(144)

INTERCEPT

(126)

INTERCEPT

(96)

INTERCEPT

(84)

INTERCEPT

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INTERCEPT

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INTERCEPT

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

INTERCEPT

(144)

INTERCEPT

(126)

INTERCEPT

(96)

PERCENT

(94 = 44 + 50)

RECEIPT

(94 = 44 + 50)

PRECENT

(94 = 44 + 50)

PERCENT

(92 = 42 + 50)

PERCENT

(92 = 42 + 50)

PRECENT

(92 = 42 + 50)

RECEIPT

(92 = 42 + 50)

RECEIPT

(92 = 42 + 50)

PRECENT

(92 = 42 + 50)

PRECENT

(92 = 42 + 50)

PERCENT

(92 = 42 + 50)

INEPTER

(86 = 36 + 50)

TERPINE

(86 = 36 + 50)

CITTERN

(86 = 36 + 50)

ENTERIC

(86 = 36 + 50)

CITTERN

(86 = 36 + 50)

PRECENT

(86 = 36 + 50)

PERCENT

(86 = 36 + 50)

RECEIPT

(86 = 36 + 50)

PERCENT

(86 = 36 + 50)

RECEIPT

(86 = 36 + 50)

PERCENT

(86 = 36 + 50)

TERPINE

(86 = 36 + 50)

ENTERIC

(86 = 36 + 50)

PERCENT

(86 = 36 + 50)

RECEIPT

(86 = 36 + 50)

PRECENT

(86 = 36 + 50)

ENTICER

(86 = 36 + 50)

RECEIPT

(86 = 36 + 50)

PERCENT

(86 = 36 + 50)

PRECENT

(86 = 36 + 50)

PETTIER

(86 = 36 + 50)

INEPTER

(86 = 36 + 50)

PETTIER

(86 = 36 + 50)

PRECENT

(86 = 36 + 50)

TERPINE

(86 = 36 + 50)

RECEIPT

(86 = 36 + 50)

INEPTER

(86 = 36 + 50)

RECEIPT

(86 = 36 + 50)

PRECENT

(86 = 36 + 50)

ENTICER

(86 = 36 + 50)

INTERCEPT

(84)

RECEIPT

(84 = 34 + 50)

RECEIPT

(84 = 34 + 50)

PRECENT

(83 = 33 + 50)

PERCENT

(83 = 33 + 50)

RECEIPT

(83 = 33 + 50)

ENTICER

(80 = 30 + 50)

ENTERIC

(80 = 30 + 50)

ENTERIC

(80 = 30 + 50)

ENTICER

(80 = 30 + 50)

INEPTER

(80 = 30 + 50)

ENTICER

(80 = 30 + 50)

ENTICER

(80 = 30 + 50)

INEPTER

(80 = 30 + 50)

PERCENT

(80 = 30 + 50)

PETTIER

(80 = 30 + 50)

ENTICER

(80 = 30 + 50)

INEPTER

(80 = 30 + 50)

ENTERIC

(80 = 30 + 50)

INEPTER

(80 = 30 + 50)

PETTIER

(80 = 30 + 50)

PETTIER

(80 = 30 + 50)

ENTERIC

(80 = 30 + 50)

ENTICER

(80 = 30 + 50)

PETTIER

(80 = 30 + 50)

PETTIER

(80 = 30 + 50)

ENTERIC

(80 = 30 + 50)

CITTERN

(80 = 30 + 50)

PETTIER

(80 = 30 + 50)

CITTERN

(80 = 30 + 50)

CITTERN

(80 = 30 + 50)

CITTERN

(80 = 30 + 50)

INEPTER

(80 = 30 + 50)

TERPINE

(80 = 30 + 50)

TERPINE

(80 = 30 + 50)

ENTERIC

(80 = 30 + 50)

CITTERN

(80 = 30 + 50)

TERPINE

(80 = 30 + 50)

RECEIPT

(80 = 30 + 50)

TERPINE

(80 = 30 + 50)

PRECENT

(80 = 30 + 50)

INEPTER

(80 = 30 + 50)

TERPINE

(80 = 30 + 50)

CITTERN

(80 = 30 + 50)

CITTERN

(80 = 30 + 50)

PETTIER

(80 = 30 + 50)

ENTICER

(80 = 30 + 50)

TERPINE

(80 = 30 + 50)

ENTERIC

(80 = 30 + 50)

ENTICER

(80 = 30 + 50)

RECEIPT

(78 = 28 + 50)

TENTIER

(78 = 28 + 50)

PRECENT

(78 = 28 + 50)

PRECENT

(78 = 28 + 50)

PERCENT

(78 = 28 + 50)

PERCENT

(78 = 28 + 50)

RECEIPT

(78 = 28 + 50)

TERPINE

(77 = 27 + 50)

CITTERN

(77 = 27 + 50)

INEPTER

(77 = 27 + 50)

ENTICER

(77 = 27 + 50)

ENTERIC

(77 = 27 + 50)

PETTIER

(77 = 27 + 50)

PERCENT

(76 = 26 + 50)

RECEIPT

(76 = 26 + 50)

PETTIER

(76 = 26 + 50)

ENTERIC

(76 = 26 + 50)

RECEIPT

(76 = 26 + 50)

PRECENT

(76 = 26 + 50)

PERCENT

(76 = 26 + 50)

PRECENT

(76 = 26 + 50)

ENTICER

(76 = 26 + 50)

PRECENT

(76 = 26 + 50)

PERCENT

(76 = 26 + 50)

PRECENT

(76 = 26 + 50)

PERCENT

(76 = 26 + 50)

PRECENT

(76 = 26 + 50)

CITTERN

(76 = 26 + 50)

PERCENT

(76 = 26 + 50)

RECEIPT

(76 = 26 + 50)

ENTERIC

(74 = 24 + 50)

PRECENT

(74 = 24 + 50)

TENTIER

(74 = 24 + 50)

CITTERN

(74 = 24 + 50)

RECEIPT

(74 = 24 + 50)

TENTIER

(74 = 24 + 50)

PRECENT

(74 = 24 + 50)

PERCENT

(74 = 24 + 50)

PERCENT

(74 = 24 + 50)

PERCENT

(74 = 24 + 50)

RECEIPT

(74 = 24 + 50)

CITTERN

(74 = 24 + 50)

PRECENT

(74 = 24 + 50)

RECEIPT

(74 = 24 + 50)

PRECENT

(74 = 24 + 50)

RECEIPT

(74 = 24 + 50)

PETTIER

(74 = 24 + 50)

PERCENT

(74 = 24 + 50)

RECEIPT

(74 = 24 + 50)

TENTIER

(74 = 24 + 50)

ENTERIC

(74 = 24 + 50)

PERCENT

(74 = 24 + 50)

RECEIPT

(74 = 24 + 50)

TENTIER

(74 = 24 + 50)

ENTICER

(74 = 24 + 50)

TENTIER

(74 = 24 + 50)

TENTIER

(74 = 24 + 50)

PRECENT

(74 = 24 + 50)

TENTIER

(74 = 24 + 50)

PERCENT

(74 = 24 + 50)

PETTIER

(74 = 24 + 50)

PRECENT

(74 = 24 + 50)

TENTIER

(74 = 24 + 50)

CITTERN

(72 = 22 + 50)

ENTERIC

(72 = 22 + 50)

PERCENT

(72 = 22 + 50)

CITTERN

(72 = 22 + 50)

TERPINE

(72 = 22 + 50)

PRECENT

(72 = 22 + 50)

PERCENT

(72 = 22 + 50)

CITTERN

(72 = 22 + 50)

PETTIER

(72 = 22 + 50)

ENTICER

(72 = 22 + 50)

ENTICER

(72 = 22 + 50)

PERCENT

(72 = 22 + 50)

ENTICER

(72 = 22 + 50)

ENTERIC

(72 = 22 + 50)

PETTIER

(72 = 22 + 50)

PETTIER

(72 = 22 + 50)

ENTERIC

(72 = 22 + 50)

INEPTER

(72 = 22 + 50)

INEPTER

(72 = 22 + 50)

INEPTER

(72 = 22 + 50)

TERPINE

(72 = 22 + 50)

PETTIER

(72 = 22 + 50)

TERPINE

(72 = 22 + 50)

RECEIPT

(72 = 22 + 50)

INEPTER

(72 = 22 + 50)

RECEIPT

(72 = 22 + 50)

RECEIPT

(72 = 22 + 50)

ENTICER

(72 = 22 + 50)

ENTERIC

(72 = 22 + 50)

INEPTER

(72 = 22 + 50)

PERCENT

(72 = 22 + 50)

PETTIER

(72 = 22 + 50)

PRECENT

(72 = 22 + 50)

TERPINE

(72 = 22 + 50)

PRECENT

(72 = 22 + 50)

PERCENT

(72 = 22 + 50)

CITTERN

(72 = 22 + 50)

PRECENT

(72 = 22 + 50)

TERPINE

(72 = 22 + 50)

TERPINE

(72 = 22 + 50)

ENTERIC

(72 = 22 + 50)

INEPTER

(72 = 22 + 50)

CITTERN

(72 = 22 + 50)

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intercept in Words With Friends™

The word intercept 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™ Play In The Letters intercept:

INTERCEPT

(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

cittern, enteric, enticer, inepter, percent, pettier, precent, receipt, tentier, terpine

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word intercept

INTERCEPT

(234)

INTERCEPT

(144)

INTERCEPT

(108)

INTERCEPT

(96)

INTERCEPT

(80)

INTERCEPT

(72)

INTERCEPT

(68)

INTERCEPT

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INTERCEPT

(66)

INTERCEPT

(64)

INTERCEPT

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INTERCEPT

(60)

INTERCEPT

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INTERCEPT

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INTERCEPT

(60)

INTERCEPT

(48)

INTERCEPT

(48)

INTERCEPT

(40)

INTERCEPT

(40)

INTERCEPT

(40)

INTERCEPT

(40)

INTERCEPT

(36)

INTERCEPT

(36)

INTERCEPT

(36)

INTERCEPT

(34)

INTERCEPT

(34)

INTERCEPT

(32)

INTERCEPT

(32)

INTERCEPT

(32)

INTERCEPT

(32)

INTERCEPT

(32)

INTERCEPT

(32)

INTERCEPT

(28)

INTERCEPT

(26)

INTERCEPT

(26)

INTERCEPT

(23)

INTERCEPT

(22)

INTERCEPT

(21)

INTERCEPT

(21)

INTERCEPT

(21)

INTERCEPT

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INTERCEPT

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INTERCEPT

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INTERCEPT

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INTERCEPT

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INTERCEPT

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INTERCEPT

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INTERCEPT

(18)

INTERCEPT

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INTERCEPT

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INTERCEPT

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

INTERCEPT

(234)

INTERCEPT

(144)

PRECENT

(113 = 78 + 35)

PERCENT

(113 = 78 + 35)

INTERCEPT

(108)

PRECENT

(107 = 72 + 35)

PRECENT

(107 = 72 + 35)

PERCENT

(107 = 72 + 35)

PERCENT

(107 = 72 + 35)

TERPINE

(104 = 69 + 35)

RECEIPT

(104 = 69 + 35)

INEPTER

(104 = 69 + 35)

RECEIPT

(104 = 69 + 35)

PRECENT

(101 = 66 + 35)

PRECENT

(101 = 66 + 35)

PERCENT

(101 = 66 + 35)

PERCENT

(101 = 66 + 35)

PRECENT

(101 = 66 + 35)

PERCENT

(101 = 66 + 35)

TERPINE

(98 = 63 + 35)

ENTICER

(98 = 63 + 35)

CITTERN

(98 = 63 + 35)

RECEIPT

(98 = 63 + 35)

ENTERIC

(98 = 63 + 35)

INEPTER

(98 = 63 + 35)

INTERCEPT

(96)

PETTIER

(95 = 60 + 35)

INEPTER

(92 = 57 + 35)

TERPINE

(92 = 57 + 35)

CITTERN

(92 = 57 + 35)

INEPTER

(92 = 57 + 35)

TERPINE

(92 = 57 + 35)

ENTERIC

(92 = 57 + 35)

PRECENT

(91 = 56 + 35)

PERCENT

(91 = 56 + 35)

PRECENT

(91 = 56 + 35)

PRECENT

(91 = 56 + 35)

PERCENT

(91 = 56 + 35)

PERCENT

(91 = 56 + 35)

PERCENT

(89 = 54 + 35)

PETTIER

(89 = 54 + 35)

PRECENT

(89 = 54 + 35)

PRECENT

(89 = 54 + 35)

PERCENT

(89 = 54 + 35)

RECEIPT

(87 = 52 + 35)

RECEIPT

(87 = 52 + 35)

RECEIPT

(87 = 52 + 35)

PECTEN

(87)

PECTIN

(87)

CITTERN

(86 = 51 + 35)

RECEIPT

(86 = 51 + 35)

ENTERIC

(86 = 51 + 35)

RECEIPT

(86 = 51 + 35)

ENTICER

(86 = 51 + 35)

TRICEP

(84)

PRECENT

(83 = 48 + 35)

PRECENT

(83 = 48 + 35)

PERCENT

(83 = 48 + 35)

PERCENT

(83 = 48 + 35)

ENTICER

(80 = 45 + 35)

ENTERIC

(80 = 45 + 35)

ENTICER

(80 = 45 + 35)

ENTERIC

(80 = 45 + 35)

INTERCEPT

(80)

TERPINE

(80 = 45 + 35)

RECEIPT

(80 = 45 + 35)

INEPTER

(80 = 45 + 35)

INEPTER

(80 = 45 + 35)

ENTERIC

(80 = 45 + 35)

INEPTER

(80 = 45 + 35)

RECEIPT

(80 = 45 + 35)

CITTERN

(80 = 45 + 35)

CITTERN

(80 = 45 + 35)

TERPINE

(80 = 45 + 35)

RECEIPT

(80 = 45 + 35)

ENTICER

(80 = 45 + 35)

CITTERN

(80 = 45 + 35)

RECEIPT

(80 = 45 + 35)

TERPINE

(80 = 45 + 35)

RECEIPT

(80 = 45 + 35)

ENTICER

(79 = 44 + 35)

ENTICER

(79 = 44 + 35)

ENTERIC

(79 = 44 + 35)

TERPINE

(79 = 44 + 35)

ENTICER

(79 = 44 + 35)

ENTERIC

(79 = 44 + 35)

ENTERIC

(79 = 44 + 35)

TERPINE

(79 = 44 + 35)

PRECENT

(79 = 44 + 35)

TERPINE

(79 = 44 + 35)

CITTERN

(79 = 44 + 35)

CITTERN

(79 = 44 + 35)

CITTERN

(79 = 44 + 35)

INEPTER

(79 = 44 + 35)

INEPTER

(79 = 44 + 35)

INEPTER

(79 = 44 + 35)

PERCENT

(79 = 44 + 35)

PETTIER

(77 = 42 + 35)

PETTIER

(77 = 42 + 35)

PETTIER

(77 = 42 + 35)

TENTIER

(77 = 42 + 35)

RECEIPT

(77 = 42 + 35)

RECEIPT

(77 = 42 + 35)

PINCER

(75)

PETTIER

(75 = 40 + 35)

PETTIER

(75 = 40 + 35)

PETTIER

(75 = 40 + 35)

ENTERIC

(74 = 39 + 35)

CITTERN

(74 = 39 + 35)

ENTERIC

(74 = 39 + 35)

CITTERN

(74 = 39 + 35)

CITTERN

(74 = 39 + 35)

ENTICER

(74 = 39 + 35)

ENTERIC

(74 = 39 + 35)

ENTICER

(74 = 39 + 35)

INEPTER

(74 = 39 + 35)

ENTERIC

(74 = 39 + 35)

ENTICER

(74 = 39 + 35)

INEPTER

(74 = 39 + 35)

TERPINE

(74 = 39 + 35)

ENTICER

(74 = 39 + 35)

INEPTER

(74 = 39 + 35)

CITTERN

(74 = 39 + 35)

ENTICER

(74 = 39 + 35)

TERPINE

(74 = 39 + 35)

TERPINE

(74 = 39 + 35)

ENTICER

(73 = 38 + 35)

CITTERN

(73 = 38 + 35)

ENTERIC

(73 = 38 + 35)

INTERCEPT

(72)

PRECENT

(71 = 36 + 35)

TENTIER

(71 = 36 + 35)

PRECENT

(71 = 36 + 35)

PETTIER

(71 = 36 + 35)

PETTIER

(71 = 36 + 35)

TENTIER

(71 = 36 + 35)

PETTIER

(71 = 36 + 35)

PERCENT

(71 = 36 + 35)

PERCENT

(71 = 36 + 35)

PETTIER

(71 = 36 + 35)

TENTIER

(71 = 36 + 35)

PETTIER

(71 = 36 + 35)

PETTIER

(71 = 36 + 35)

RECEIPT

(69 = 34 + 35)

PINCER

(69)

PRINCE

(69)

RECEIPT

(69 = 34 + 35)

INTERCEPT

(68)

INTERCEPT

(68)

TENTIER

(67 = 32 + 35)

PERCENT

(67 = 32 + 35)

PERCENT

(67 = 32 + 35)

PRECENT

(67 = 32 + 35)

PRECENT

(67 = 32 + 35)

PRECENT

(67 = 32 + 35)

TENTIER

(67 = 32 + 35)

PERCENT

(67 = 32 + 35)

PRECENT

(67 = 32 + 35)

PERCENT

(67 = 32 + 35)

PRECENT

(67 = 32 + 35)

TENTIER

(67 = 32 + 35)

PERCENT

(67 = 32 + 35)

INTERCEPT

(66)

CENTRE

(66)

RECIPE

(66)

CENTER

(66)

PIERCE

(66)

TERPEN

(66)

RECEIPT

(65 = 30 + 35)

PERCENT

(65 = 30 + 35)

ENTERIC

(65 = 30 + 35)

CITTERN

(65 = 30 + 35)

ENTERIC

(65 = 30 + 35)

PRECENT

(65 = 30 + 35)

ENTICER

(65 = 30 + 35)

TENTIER

(65 = 30 + 35)

ENTICER

(65 = 30 + 35)

PRECENT

(65 = 30 + 35)

INEPTER

(65 = 30 + 35)

PRECENT

(65 = 30 + 35)

TENTIER

(65 = 30 + 35)

TENTIER

(65 = 30 + 35)

PRECENT

(65 = 30 + 35)

TENTIER

(65 = 30 + 35)

PERCENT

(65 = 30 + 35)

PERCENT

(65 = 30 + 35)

RECEIPT

(65 = 30 + 35)

RECEIPT

(65 = 30 + 35)

TENTIER

(65 = 30 + 35)

PERCENT

(65 = 30 + 35)

TENTIER

(65 = 30 + 35)

CITTERN

(65 = 30 + 35)

TERPINE

(65 = 30 + 35)

RECEIPT

(65 = 30 + 35)

INTERCEPT

(64)

INTERCEPT

(64)

RECEIPT

(63 = 28 + 35)

PRINCE

(63)

PERCENT

(63 = 28 + 35)

PRECENT

(63 = 28 + 35)

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Words within the letters of intercept

2 letter words in intercept (6 words)

en in it pe pi re

3 letter words in intercept (20 words)

cee ice ire net nip nit pen per pet pie pin pit rip tee ten tet tic tie tin tip

4 letter words in intercept (27 words)

cent cere cite epic icer nice peer pent pert pier pine pint rein rent rice ripe rite teen tent tern terp tier tine tint tire tree trip

5 letter words in intercept (31 words)

citer creep crepe crept enter erect inept inert inter neper nicer niece pence peter petit piece preen price print reice renet repen repin retie ripen tenet titer titre trent tripe trite

6 letter words in intercept (25 words)

center centre cretin entice entire netter pecten pectin petite pierce pincer pitter prince pterin recent recipe recite repent repine retint tenter terpen tetric tinter tricep

7 letter words in intercept (10 words)

cittern enteric enticer inepter percent pettier precent receipt tentier terpine

8 letter words in intercept (3 words)

prentice reticent terpenic

9 letter words in intercept (1 word)

intercept

intercept + 1 blank (1 word)

intercepts

intercept + 2 blanks (7 words)

centripetal intercepted intercepter interceptor interpacket parenthetic permittance

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Words containing the sequence intercept

Words that start with intercept (11 words)

intercept intercepted intercepter intercepters intercepting interception interceptions interceptive interceptor interceptors intercepts

Words with intercept in them (1 word)

intercept

Words that end with intercept (1 word)

intercept

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Word Growth involving intercept

Shorter words in intercept

in inter

Longer words containing intercept

intercepted

intercepter intercepters

intercepting

interception interceptions

interceptive

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