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Definition of preventing

"preventing" in the verb sense

1. prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid

keep from happening or arising make impossible

"My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"

"Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"

2. prevent, keep

stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

"We must prevent the cancer from spreading"

"His snoring kept me from falling asleep"

"Keep the child from eating the marbles"

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

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preventing in Scrabble®

The word preventing 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: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters preventing:

PREVENTING

(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (15 words)

evening, inepter, integer, nerving, nitrene, peering, peeving, prevent, reeving, renting, terpine, treeing, veering, venting, vintner

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

PREVENTING

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preventing in Words With Friends™

The word preventing 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: 21

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

PREVENTING

(315)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (15 words)

evening, inepter, integer, nerving, nitrene, peering, peeving, prevent, reeving, renting, terpine, treeing, veering, venting, vintner

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word preventing

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PREVENTING

(315)

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Words within the letters of preventing

2 letter words in preventing (6 words)

en in it pe pi re

3 letter words in preventing (29 words)

erg eve gee get gin inn ire net nip nit peg pen per pet pie pig pin pit rev rig rip tee ten tie tin tip vee vet vie

4 letter words in preventing (37 words)

even ever gene gent girn give grin grip grit nevi nine peer pent pert pier pine ping pint rein rent ring ripe rite rive teen tern terp tier tine ting tire tree trip veer vein vent vine

5 letter words in preventing (40 words)

6 letter words in preventing (23 words)

engine entire envier grieve intern invent invert penner pinene pinger pterin regent regive rennet repent repine teeing tenner tenpin terpen tinger tinner venter

7 letter words in preventing (15 words)

evening inepter integer nerving nitrene peering peeving prevent reeving renting terpine treeing veering venting vintner

8 letter words in preventing (6 words)

entering eventing everting petering preening reinvent

9 letter words in preventing (1 word)

repenting

10 letter words in preventing (1 word)

preventing

preventing + 2 blanks (1 word)

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Words containing the sequence preventing

Words that start with preventing (1 word)

preventing

Words with preventing in them (1 word)

preventing

Words that end with preventing (1 word)

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Word Growth involving preventing

Shorter words in preventing

en even event eventing

eve even event eventing

en vent event eventing

in tin ting venting eventing

en vent venting eventing

en even event prevent

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en vent event prevent

re rev prevent

Longer words containing preventing

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