Definition of quickening

"quickening" in the noun sense

1. quickening

the process of showing signs of life

"the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain"

2. quickening

the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus

3. acceleration, quickening, speedup

the act of accelerating increasing the speed

"quickening" in the verb sense

1. accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken

move faster

"The car accelerated"

2. whet, quicken

make keen or more acute

"whet my appetite"

3. quicken, invigorate

give life or energy to

"The cold water invigorated him"

4. quicken

show signs of life

"the fetus quickened"

5. animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify

give new life or energy to

"A hot soup will revive me"

"This will renovate my spirits"

"This treatment repaired my health"

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quickening in Scrabble®

The word quickening 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: 26

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters quickening:

QUICKENING
(261)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

necking, nicking, quicken, quickie, quinine

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word quickening

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

QUICKENING
(261)
QUICKENING
(243)
QUICKENING
(174)
QUICKENING
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QUICKIE
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QUICKEN
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QUICKIE
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NECKING
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NICKING
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QUICKENING
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QUICKENING
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QUININE
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QUINIC
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QUICKEN
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quickening in Words With Friends™

The word quickening 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: 31

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

QUICKENING
(405)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

necking, nicking, quicken, quickie, quinine

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word quickening

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

QUICKENING
(405)
QUICKENING
(369)
QUICKENING
(234)
QUICKENING
(210)
QUICKEN
(176 = 141 + 35)
QUICKIE
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QUICKIE
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(164)
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Words within the letters of quickening

2 letter words in quickening (5 words)

3 letter words in quickening (12 words)

4 letter words in quickening (10 words)

5 letter words in quickening (4 words)

6 letter words in quickening (4 words)

7 letter words in quickening (5 words)

10 letter words in quickening (1 word)

quickening + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence quickening

Words that start with quickening (2 words)

Words with quickening in them (1 word)

Words that end with quickening (1 word)

Word Growth involving quickening

Shorter words in quickening

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Longer words containing quickening

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