Definition of misleading

"misleading" in the verb sense

1. mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray

lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

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

2. misinform, mislead

give false or misleading information to

"misleading" in the adjective sense

1. deceptive, misleading

designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

"the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"

"deliberately deceptive packaging"

"a misleading similarity"

"statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"

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misleading in Scrabble®

The word misleading 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: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters misleading:

MISLEADING
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (50 words)

aisling, aligned, anilide, dailies, dangles, dealign, dealing, denials, dialing, diamine, dingies, eliding, enigmas, geminal, genials, gmelina, imagine, ladings, leading, leasing, liaised, ligands, maidens, mailing, maligns, mangled, mangles, medians, melding, midline, mingled, mingles, misdeal, misdial, mislaid, mislead, sailing, sealing, seaming, seminal, sideman, sidling, singled, slanged, sliding, sliming, smidgen, smidgin, smiling, snailed

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word misleading

MISLEADING
(144)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In misleading

MISLEADING
(144)
MISLEADING
(135)
MISLEADING
(96)
SMIDGEN
(94 = 44 + 50)
SMIDGIN
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MANGLED
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MELDING
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SMIDGIN
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(90 = 40 + 50)
MANGLES
(90 = 40 + 50)
SEAMING
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MISLEADING
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GMELINA
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SIDEMAN
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MEDIANS
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SIDEMAN
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MALIGNS
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MINGLED
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LEADING
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GMELINA
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SMIDGIN
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SMILING
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MANGLED
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SIDEMAN
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GEMINAL
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MELDING
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SINGLED
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ALIGNED
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DIAMINE
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MELDING
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ENIGMAS
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MAIDENS
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ELIDING
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MIDLINE
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DEALIGN
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IMAGINE
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SIDLING
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MISLAID
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misleading in Words With Friends™

The word misleading 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: 18

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

MISLEADING
(216)
MISLEADING
(216)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (50 words)

aisling, aligned, anilide, dailies, dangles, dealign, dealing, denials, dialing, diamine, dingies, eliding, enigmas, geminal, genials, gmelina, imagine, ladings, leading, leasing, liaised, ligands, maidens, mailing, maligns, mangled, mangles, medians, melding, midline, mingled, mingles, misdeal, misdial, mislaid, mislead, sailing, sealing, seaming, seminal, sideman, sidling, singled, slanged, sliding, sliming, smidgen, smidgin, smiling, snailed

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word misleading

MISLEADING
(216)
MISLEADING
(216)
MISLEADING
(132)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In misleading

MISLEADING
(216)
MISLEADING
(216)
MISLEADING
(132)
MISLEADING
(132)
GEMINAL
(119 = 84 + 35)
MINGLED
(116 = 81 + 35)
MANGLED
(116 = 81 + 35)
MELDING
(116 = 81 + 35)
IMAGINE
(116 = 81 + 35)
MANGLES
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SLIMING
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SMIDGIN
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GMELINA
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MINGLES
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MALIGNS
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SEAMING
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MIDLINE
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SMIDGEN
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DIAMINE
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MEDIANS
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SEAMING
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SMIDGEN
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MINGLES
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MISDEAL
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SMILING
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SMILING
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GMELINA
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GMELINA
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MISDIAL
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GMELINA
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GEMINAL
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GENIALS
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MANGLED
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ENIGMAS
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SLIMING
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SMIDGEN
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MANGLES
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MINGLES
(91 = 56 + 35)
GEMINAL
(91 = 56 + 35)
GMELINA
(91 = 56 + 35)
LIGANDS
(89 = 54 + 35)

Words within the letters of misleading

2 letter words in misleading (16 words)

9 letter words in misleading (1 word)

10 letter words in misleading (Anagrams) (3 words)

misleading + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence misleading

Words that start with misleading (2 words)

Words with misleading in them (1 word)

Words that end with misleading (2 words)

Word Growth involving misleading

Shorter words in misleading

in din ding leading

ad lead leading

lea lead leading

is isle mislead

ad lead mislead

lea lead mislead

mi mislead

Longer words containing misleading

misleadingly

unmisleading