Definition of spellbinding

"spellbinding" in the verb sense

1. fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind

to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe

"The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"

2. magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind

attract strongly, as if with a magnet

"She magnetized the audience with her tricks"

3. entrance, spellbind

put into a trance

"spellbinding" in the adjective sense

1. hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding

attracting and holding interest as if by a spell

"read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"

"she had a warm mesmeric charm"

"the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"

"a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"

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spellbinding in Scrabble®

The word spellbinding 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 spellbinding:

SPELLBINDING
(189)
SPELLBINDING
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (29 words)

belling, bending, billing, binding, dingies, dispell, eliding, endings, inlines, lending, lensing, lignins, lindens, linings, lisping, pending, pilings, pingled, pingles, selling, sending, sibling, sidling, singled, sliding, sniping, spilled, spindle, splined

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word spellbinding

SPELLBINDING
(189)
SPELLBINDING
(189)
SPELLBINDING
(126)
SPELLBINDING
(126)
SPELLBINDING
(88)
SPELLBINDING
(84)
SPELLBINDING
(84)
SPELLBINDING
(80)
SPELLBINDING
(80)
SPELLBINDING
(76)
SPELLBINDING
(72)
SPELLBINDING
(72)
SPELLBINDING
(72)
SPELLBINDING
(72)
SPELLBINDING
(66)
SPELLBINDING
(60)
SPELLBINDING
(52)
SPELLBINDING
(48)
SPELLBINDING
(44)
SPELLBINDING
(44)
SPELLBINDING
(44)
SPELLBINDING
(44)
SPELLBINDING
(42)
SPELLBINDING
(40)
SPELLBINDING
(32)
SPELLBINDING
(27)
SPELLBINDING
(26)
SPELLBINDING
(26)
SPELLBINDING
(24)
SPELLBINDING
(23)
SPELLBINDING
(22)
SPELLBINDING
(22)

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

SPELLBINDING
(189)
SPELLBINDING
(189)
SPELLBINDING
(126)
SPELLBINDING
(126)
BENDING
(94 = 44 + 50)
BINDING
(94 = 44 + 50)
PENDING
(94 = 44 + 50)
PINGLED
(94 = 44 + 50)
PENDING
(92 = 42 + 50)
PINGLED
(92 = 42 + 50)
BINDING
(92 = 42 + 50)
BENDING
(92 = 42 + 50)
BILLING
(90 = 40 + 50)
PILINGS
(90 = 40 + 50)
SNIPING
(90 = 40 + 50)
BELLING
(90 = 40 + 50)
SPILLED
(90 = 40 + 50)
DISPELL
(90 = 40 + 50)
SIBLING
(90 = 40 + 50)
LISPING
(90 = 40 + 50)
SPINDLE
(90 = 40 + 50)
PINGLES
(90 = 40 + 50)
SPLINED
(90 = 40 + 50)
BILLING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PINGLED
(89 = 39 + 50)
SPILLED
(89 = 39 + 50)
PINGLED
(89 = 39 + 50)
SNIPING
(89 = 39 + 50)
SPINDLE
(89 = 39 + 50)
BENDING
(89 = 39 + 50)
BENDING
(89 = 39 + 50)
BINDING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PINGLES
(89 = 39 + 50)
DISPELL
(89 = 39 + 50)
BELLING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PINGLED
(89 = 39 + 50)
BENDING
(89 = 39 + 50)
LISPING
(89 = 39 + 50)
SPLINED
(89 = 39 + 50)
LISPING
(89 = 39 + 50)
DISPELL
(89 = 39 + 50)
SIBLING
(89 = 39 + 50)
SNIPING
(89 = 39 + 50)
BINDING
(89 = 39 + 50)
BINDING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENDING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PILINGS
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENDING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENDING
(89 = 39 + 50)
SPELLBINDING
(88)
PENDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PENDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
DISPELL
(86 = 36 + 50)
SLIDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
BINDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
ELIDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PENDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
LENDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
BILLING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PENDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SIDLING
(86 = 36 + 50)
BELLING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SPILLED
(86 = 36 + 50)
PINGLES
(86 = 36 + 50)
PINGLES
(86 = 36 + 50)
SNIPING
(86 = 36 + 50)
BINDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
BENDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PINGLED
(86 = 36 + 50)
SINGLED
(86 = 36 + 50)
SENDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENDINGS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SPLINED
(86 = 36 + 50)
PINGLED
(86 = 36 + 50)
PILINGS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SPINDLE
(86 = 36 + 50)
PINGLED
(86 = 36 + 50)
BINDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
BENDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
BENDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PINGLED
(86 = 36 + 50)
SIBLING
(86 = 36 + 50)
DINGIES
(86 = 36 + 50)
BINDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
LISPING
(86 = 36 + 50)
BENDING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SPELLBINDING
(84)
SPELLBINDING
(84)
SIBLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SIBLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
ELIDING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPLINED
(83 = 33 + 50)
SIDLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SIDLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
ELIDING
(83 = 33 + 50)
ELIDING
(83 = 33 + 50)
DISPELL
(83 = 33 + 50)
SINGLED
(83 = 33 + 50)
DISPELL
(83 = 33 + 50)
SINGLED
(83 = 33 + 50)
DISPELL
(83 = 33 + 50)
DISPELL
(83 = 33 + 50)
DISPELL
(83 = 33 + 50)
SINGLED
(83 = 33 + 50)
SLIDING
(83 = 33 + 50)
DINGIES
(83 = 33 + 50)
SLIDING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SIBLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PINGLES
(83 = 33 + 50)
SIBLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PINGLES
(83 = 33 + 50)
LISPING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PILINGS
(83 = 33 + 50)
LISPING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PILINGS
(83 = 33 + 50)
LISPING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PILINGS
(83 = 33 + 50)
PILINGS
(83 = 33 + 50)
LISPING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PILINGS
(83 = 33 + 50)
PILINGS
(83 = 33 + 50)
LISPING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PINGLED
(83 = 33 + 50)
BENDING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PINGLES
(83 = 33 + 50)
PINGLES
(83 = 33 + 50)
SIBLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
LENDING
(83 = 33 + 50)
ENDINGS
(83 = 33 + 50)
SENDING
(83 = 33 + 50)
ENDINGS
(83 = 33 + 50)
BELLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
BELLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
BELLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
BELLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PINGLES
(83 = 33 + 50)
SENDING
(83 = 33 + 50)
BELLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
BELLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
LENDING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SENDING
(83 = 33 + 50)
LENDING
(83 = 33 + 50)
DINGIES
(83 = 33 + 50)
SIBLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
BILLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPILLED
(83 = 33 + 50)
SNIPING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SNIPING
(83 = 33 + 50)
BILLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SNIPING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SNIPING
(83 = 33 + 50)
BILLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPILLED
(83 = 33 + 50)
DINGIES
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPILLED
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPILLED
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPILLED
(83 = 33 + 50)
BILLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPILLED
(83 = 33 + 50)
BILLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
BILLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPINDLE
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPINDLE
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPINDLE
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPINDLE
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPINDLE
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPINDLE
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPLINED
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPLINED
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPLINED
(83 = 33 + 50)
BINDING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPLINED
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPLINED
(83 = 33 + 50)
SNIPING
(83 = 33 + 50)
PENDING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SLIDING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SPINDLE
(82 = 32 + 50)
SPLINED
(82 = 32 + 50)
SIBLING
(82 = 32 + 50)
SELLING
(82 = 32 + 50)
LIGNINS
(82 = 32 + 50)
LENSING
(82 = 32 + 50)
SPILLED
(82 = 32 + 50)
LININGS
(82 = 32 + 50)
LINDENS
(82 = 32 + 50)
BINDING
(80 = 30 + 50)
SENDING
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENDINGS
(80 = 30 + 50)
DINGIES
(80 = 30 + 50)
DISPELL
(80 = 30 + 50)
SIDLING
(80 = 30 + 50)
SELLING
(80 = 30 + 50)
ELIDING
(80 = 30 + 50)
SINGLED
(80 = 30 + 50)
BELLING
(80 = 30 + 50)
LENSING
(80 = 30 + 50)
BENDING
(80 = 30 + 50)
ELIDING
(80 = 30 + 50)
LINDENS
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENDINGS
(80 = 30 + 50)

spellbinding in Words With Friends™

The word spellbinding 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: 25

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

SPELLBINDING
(333)
SPELLBINDING
(333)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (29 words)

belling, bending, billing, binding, dingies, dispell, eliding, endings, inlines, lending, lensing, lignins, lindens, linings, lisping, pending, pilings, pingled, pingles, selling, sending, sibling, sidling, singled, sliding, sniping, spilled, spindle, splined

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word spellbinding

SPELLBINDING
(333)
SPELLBINDING
(333)
SPELLBINDING
(279)
SPELLBINDING
(279)
SPELLBINDING
(210)
SPELLBINDING
(186)
SPELLBINDING
(128)
SPELLBINDING
(112)
SPELLBINDING
(104)
SPELLBINDING
(104)
SPELLBINDING
(100)
SPELLBINDING
(100)
SPELLBINDING
(100)
SPELLBINDING
(100)
SPELLBINDING
(70)
SPELLBINDING
(70)
SPELLBINDING
(66)
SPELLBINDING
(66)
SPELLBINDING
(62)
SPELLBINDING
(58)
SPELLBINDING
(38)
SPELLBINDING
(37)
SPELLBINDING
(33)
SPELLBINDING
(33)
SPELLBINDING
(32)
SPELLBINDING
(31)
SPELLBINDING
(31)
SPELLBINDING
(31)
SPELLBINDING
(29)
SPELLBINDING
(29)
SPELLBINDING
(28)
SPELLBINDING
(28)

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

SPELLBINDING
(333)
SPELLBINDING
(333)
SPELLBINDING
(279)
SPELLBINDING
(279)
SPELLBINDING
(210)
SPELLBINDING
(186)
SPELLBINDING
(128)
BILLING
(116 = 81 + 35)
BELLING
(116 = 81 + 35)
BENDING
(116 = 81 + 35)
PENDING
(116 = 81 + 35)
BINDING
(116 = 81 + 35)
PINGLED
(116 = 81 + 35)
PINGLES
(113 = 78 + 35)
PILINGS
(113 = 78 + 35)
SNIPING
(113 = 78 + 35)
SNIPING
(113 = 78 + 35)
LISPING
(113 = 78 + 35)
SPELLBINDING
(112)
SPINDLE
(110 = 75 + 35)
SPILLED
(110 = 75 + 35)
DISPELL
(110 = 75 + 35)
SIBLING
(107 = 72 + 35)
LISPING
(107 = 72 + 35)
BINDING
(104 = 69 + 35)
BENDING
(104 = 69 + 35)
DISPELL
(104 = 69 + 35)
PENDING
(104 = 69 + 35)
BENDING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PINGLED
(104 = 69 + 35)
BELLING
(104 = 69 + 35)
SPLINED
(104 = 69 + 35)
BENDING
(104 = 69 + 35)
BILLING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PINGLED
(104 = 69 + 35)
BELLING
(104 = 69 + 35)
BINDING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PENDING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PINGLED
(104 = 69 + 35)
SPELLBINDING
(104)
BILLING
(104 = 69 + 35)
SPELLBINDING
(104)
BILLING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PINGLED
(104 = 69 + 35)
BINDING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PENDING
(104 = 69 + 35)
BELLING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PINGLES
(101 = 66 + 35)
SNIPING
(101 = 66 + 35)
PINGLES
(101 = 66 + 35)
LISPING
(101 = 66 + 35)
SIBLING
(101 = 66 + 35)
SNIPING
(101 = 66 + 35)
LISPING
(101 = 66 + 35)
SIBLING
(101 = 66 + 35)
PILINGS
(101 = 66 + 35)
LIGNINS
(101 = 66 + 35)
LISPING
(101 = 66 + 35)
PILINGS
(101 = 66 + 35)
SNIPING
(101 = 66 + 35)
PINGLES
(101 = 66 + 35)
SPELLBINDING
(100)
SPELLBINDING
(100)
SPELLBINDING
(100)
SPELLBINDING
(100)
BINDING
(98 = 63 + 35)
PENDING
(98 = 63 + 35)
BELLING
(98 = 63 + 35)
SPILLED
(98 = 63 + 35)
BENDING
(98 = 63 + 35)
SPINDLE
(98 = 63 + 35)
SPILLED
(98 = 63 + 35)
BELLING
(98 = 63 + 35)
DISPELL
(98 = 63 + 35)
BILLING
(98 = 63 + 35)
PINGLED
(98 = 63 + 35)
PINGLED
(98 = 63 + 35)
SPLINED
(98 = 63 + 35)
SPINDLE
(98 = 63 + 35)
LENDING
(98 = 63 + 35)
BENDING
(98 = 63 + 35)
DISPELL
(98 = 63 + 35)
BINDING
(98 = 63 + 35)
BILLING
(98 = 63 + 35)
SPLINED
(98 = 63 + 35)
PENDING
(98 = 63 + 35)
LENDING
(98 = 63 + 35)
LENDING
(98 = 63 + 35)
PINGLED
(95 = 60 + 35)
LIGNINS
(95 = 60 + 35)
PINGLES
(95 = 60 + 35)
PENDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
PINGLES
(95 = 60 + 35)
PINGLED
(95 = 60 + 35)
SIDLING
(95 = 60 + 35)
PILINGS
(95 = 60 + 35)
SINGLED
(95 = 60 + 35)
SIDLING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SINGLED
(95 = 60 + 35)
SINGLED
(95 = 60 + 35)
PILINGS
(95 = 60 + 35)
PINGLES
(95 = 60 + 35)
SLIDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
PENDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
BENDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
BELLING
(95 = 60 + 35)
LININGS
(95 = 60 + 35)
SNIPING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SENDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
LININGS
(95 = 60 + 35)
LENSING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SELLING
(95 = 60 + 35)
BELLING
(95 = 60 + 35)
LISPING
(95 = 60 + 35)
LENSING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SELLING
(95 = 60 + 35)
BILLING
(95 = 60 + 35)
BENDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
BILLING
(95 = 60 + 35)
BENDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
BILLING
(95 = 60 + 35)
ELIDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SENDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SLIDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SIBLING
(95 = 60 + 35)
ELIDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
BINDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
PENDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SLIDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
ELIDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
ENDINGS
(95 = 60 + 35)
BELLING
(95 = 60 + 35)
BINDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
PINGLED
(95 = 60 + 35)
SIBLING
(95 = 60 + 35)
LISPING
(95 = 60 + 35)
BINDING
(95 = 60 + 35)
PINGLED
(92 = 57 + 35)
SPINDLE
(92 = 57 + 35)
PENDING
(92 = 57 + 35)
BENDING
(92 = 57 + 35)
DINGIES
(92 = 57 + 35)
LENDING
(92 = 57 + 35)
PENDING
(92 = 57 + 35)
BELLING
(92 = 57 + 35)
LINDENS
(92 = 57 + 35)
DINGIES
(92 = 57 + 35)
DINGIES
(92 = 57 + 35)
BENDING
(92 = 57 + 35)
SPILLED
(92 = 57 + 35)
PENDING
(92 = 57 + 35)
BENDING
(92 = 57 + 35)
LENDING
(92 = 57 + 35)
LINDENS
(92 = 57 + 35)
DISPELL
(92 = 57 + 35)
BINDING
(92 = 57 + 35)
DISPELL
(92 = 57 + 35)
BILLING
(92 = 57 + 35)
SPLINED
(92 = 57 + 35)
BINDING
(92 = 57 + 35)
BELLING
(92 = 57 + 35)
BELLING
(92 = 57 + 35)
BINDING
(92 = 57 + 35)
BILLING
(92 = 57 + 35)
BILLING
(92 = 57 + 35)
SNIPING
(91 = 56 + 35)
SIBLING
(91 = 56 + 35)
PINGLES
(91 = 56 + 35)
SIBLING
(91 = 56 + 35)
LISPING
(91 = 56 + 35)
SNIPING
(91 = 56 + 35)
PINGLES
(91 = 56 + 35)
PILINGS
(91 = 56 + 35)
PINGLES
(91 = 56 + 35)
SNIPING
(91 = 56 + 35)
LISPING
(91 = 56 + 35)
SIBLING
(91 = 56 + 35)
PILINGS
(91 = 56 + 35)
PILINGS
(91 = 56 + 35)
LISPING
(91 = 56 + 35)
LININGS
(89 = 54 + 35)
SLIDING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SIBLING
(89 = 54 + 35)
LISPING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SIBLING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SIBLING
(89 = 54 + 35)
LENSING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SELLING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SENDING
(89 = 54 + 35)
LININGS
(89 = 54 + 35)
ENDINGS
(89 = 54 + 35)
SNIPING
(89 = 54 + 35)
LISPING
(89 = 54 + 35)
ENDINGS
(89 = 54 + 35)
ENDINGS
(89 = 54 + 35)
SNIPING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SENDING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SELLING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SIDLING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SIDLING
(89 = 54 + 35)

Words within the letters of spellbinding

2 letter words in spellbinding (8 words)

9 letter words in spellbinding (4 words)

10 letter words in spellbinding (1 word)

12 letter words in spellbinding (1 word)

spellbinding + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence spellbinding

Words that start with spellbinding (2 words)

Words with spellbinding in them (1 word)

Words that end with spellbinding (1 word)

Word Growth involving spellbinding

Shorter words in spellbinding

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pe spell spellbind

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