Definition of misdirecting

"misdirecting" in the verb sense

1. corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect

corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

"debauch the young people with wine and women"

"Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"

"Do school counselors subvert young children?"

"corrupt the morals"

2. mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray

lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

"The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"

3. misdirect, misaddress

put a wrong address on

"misdirect the letter"

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misdirecting in Scrabble®

The word misdirecting 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: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters misdirecting:

MISDIRECTING
(198)
MISDIRECTING
(198)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (70 words)

cinders, cistern, citrine, credits, cretins, cringed, cringes, deicing, deistic, diciest, dietics, dieting, diimine, dimeric, dingier, dingies, directs, dirties, discern, ditsier, editing, ignited, igniter, ignites, imidine, incised, incited, inciter, incites, indices, indicts, inditer, indites, insider, interim, irenics, iridise, menisci, metrics, midgets, mincers, minders, mindset, minters, mintier, miscite, misedit, mistier, misting, nitride, reicing, reminds, remints, rescind, resting, ridings, sericin, smidgen, smidgin, smiting, stimied, stinger, termini, tidiers, tidings, tiering, timider, timings, tinders, tridems

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word misdirecting

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

MISDIRECTING
(198)
MISDIRECTING
(198)
MISDIRECTING
(132)
MISDIRECTING
(132)
DIMERIC
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misdirecting in Words With Friends™

The word misdirecting 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: 22

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

MISDIRECTING
(288)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (70 words)

cinders, cistern, citrine, credits, cretins, cringed, cringes, deicing, deistic, diciest, dietics, dieting, diimine, dimeric, dingier, dingies, directs, dirties, discern, ditsier, editing, ignited, igniter, ignites, imidine, incised, incited, inciter, incites, indices, indicts, inditer, indites, insider, interim, irenics, iridise, menisci, metrics, midgets, mincers, minders, mindset, minters, mintier, miscite, misedit, mistier, misting, nitride, reicing, reminds, remints, rescind, resting, ridings, sericin, smidgen, smidgin, smiting, stimied, stinger, termini, tidiers, tidings, tiering, timider, timings, tinders, tridems

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word misdirecting

MISDIRECTING
(288)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In misdirecting

MISDIRECTING
(288)
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(252)
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(234)
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(234)
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(192)
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MENISCI
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MISDIRECTING
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Words within the letters of misdirecting

2 letter words in misdirecting (9 words)

10 letter words in misdirecting (3 words)

11 letter words in misdirecting (1 word)

12 letter words in misdirecting (Anagrams) (2 words)

misdirecting + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence misdirecting

Words that start with misdirecting (1 word)

Words with misdirecting in them (1 word)

Words that end with misdirecting (1 word)

Word Growth involving misdirecting

Shorter words in misdirecting

re ire dire direct directing

in tin ting directing

re ire dire direct misdirect

is misdirect

mi misdirect

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