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Definition of telescope

"telescope" in the noun sense

1. telescope, scope

a magnifier of images of distant objects

"telescope" in the verb sense

1. telescope

crush together or collapse

"In the accident, the cars telescoped"

"my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"

2. telescope

make smaller or shorter

"the novel was telescoped into a short play"

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

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Quotations for telescope

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope. [ Henry Wheeler Shaw (pen name Josh Billings) ]

Melancholy is a fearful gift. What is it but the telescope of truth! [ Byron ]

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope. [ Beecher ]

The habit of exaggeration, like dram-drinking, becomes a slavish necessity, and they who practise it pass their lives in a kind of mental telescope, through whose magnifying medium they look upon themselves and everything around them. [ J. B. Owen ]

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telescope in Scrabble®

The word telescope 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: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters telescope:

TELESCOPE

(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

pectose, steeple

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word telescope

TELESCOPE

(144)

TELESCOPE

(126)

TELESCOPE

(96)

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

TELESCOPE

(144)

TELESCOPE

(126)

TELESCOPE

(96)

PECTOSE

(94 = 44 + 50)

PECTOSE

(92 = 42 + 50)

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(92 = 42 + 50)

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(86 = 36 + 50)

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(86 = 36 + 50)

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(86 = 36 + 50)

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(84 = 34 + 50)

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(84 = 34 + 50)

TELESCOPE

(84)

PECTOSE

(83 = 33 + 50)

STEEPLE

(80 = 30 + 50)

STEEPLE

(80 = 30 + 50)

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(80 = 30 + 50)

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(80 = 30 + 50)

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(78 = 28 + 50)

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STEEPLE

(77 = 27 + 50)

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(76 = 26 + 50)

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(76 = 26 + 50)

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(76 = 26 + 50)

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(76 = 26 + 50)

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STEEPLE

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(72 = 22 + 50)

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(68 = 18 + 50)

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(63 = 13 + 50)

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(62 = 12 + 50)

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(34)

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COPE

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TELCOS

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COPS

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(33)

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(33)

PESTLE

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(33)

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(33)

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(32)

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SLOPE

(30)

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(28)

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(28)

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(27)

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telescope in Words With Friends™

The word telescope 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: 16

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

TELESCOPE

(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

pectose, steeple

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word telescope

TELESCOPE

(234)

TELESCOPE

(144)

TELESCOPE

(108)

TELESCOPE

(96)

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(19)

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(18)

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(18)

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(18)

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(17)

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

TELESCOPE

(234)

TELESCOPE

(144)

PECTOSE

(122 = 87 + 35)

TELESCOPE

(108)

PECTOSE

(98 = 63 + 35)

STEEPLE

(98 = 63 + 35)

TELESCOPE

(96)

PECTOSE

(87 = 52 + 35)

PECTOSE

(87 = 52 + 35)

PECTOSE

(87 = 52 + 35)

PECTOSE

(86 = 51 + 35)

PECTOSE

(86 = 51 + 35)

PECTOSE

(86 = 51 + 35)

STEEPLE

(86 = 51 + 35)

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(80 = 45 + 35)

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(80 = 45 + 35)

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(80 = 45 + 35)

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(80 = 45 + 35)

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(80 = 45 + 35)

STEEPLE

(80 = 45 + 35)

TELESCOPE

(80)

PECTOSE

(80 = 45 + 35)

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(80 = 45 + 35)

STEEPLE

(79 = 44 + 35)

STEEPLE

(79 = 44 + 35)

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(79 = 44 + 35)

PECTOSE

(77 = 42 + 35)

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(77 = 42 + 35)

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(74 = 39 + 35)

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(74 = 39 + 35)

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(74 = 39 + 35)

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(74 = 39 + 35)

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(74 = 39 + 35)

STEEPLE

(73 = 38 + 35)

PECTOSE

(69 = 34 + 35)

PECTOSE

(69 = 34 + 35)

TELESCOPE

(68)

TELESCOPE

(68)

TELESCOPE

(68)

TELESCOPE

(66)

TELESCOPE

(66)

PECTOSE

(65 = 30 + 35)

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(65 = 30 + 35)

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(65 = 30 + 35)

STEEPLE

(65 = 30 + 35)

PECTOSE

(65 = 30 + 35)

STEEPLE

(65 = 30 + 35)

TELESCOPE

(64)

TELESCOPE

(64)

PECTOSE

(63 = 28 + 35)

PECTOSE

(63 = 28 + 35)

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(63 = 28 + 35)

PECTOSE

(63 = 28 + 35)

STEEPLE

(61 = 26 + 35)

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(61 = 26 + 35)

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(61 = 26 + 35)

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(61 = 26 + 35)

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(61 = 26 + 35)

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(61 = 26 + 35)

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(61 = 26 + 35)

STEEPLE

(61 = 26 + 35)

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(61 = 26 + 35)

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(61 = 26 + 35)

PECTOSE

(61 = 26 + 35)

PESTLE

(60)

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(60)

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(60)

TELCOS

(60)

CLOPS

(60)

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(60)

ELOPES

(60)

ELECTS

(60)

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(60)

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(60)

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(59 = 24 + 35)

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(59 = 24 + 35)

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(59 = 24 + 35)

STEEPLE

(59 = 24 + 35)

PECTOSE

(58 = 23 + 35)

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(58 = 23 + 35)

PECTOSE

(58 = 23 + 35)

COPES

(57)

CLOP

(57)

PECTOSE

(57 = 22 + 35)

STEEPLE

(57 = 22 + 35)

PECTOSE

(57 = 22 + 35)

TEPEES

(57)

CLOP

(57)

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(57 = 22 + 35)

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(57 = 22 + 35)

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(57 = 22 + 35)

STEEPLE

(57 = 22 + 35)

SCOPE

(57)

STEEPLE

(57 = 22 + 35)

SCOPE

(57)

COPSE

(57)

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(57 = 22 + 35)

STEEPLE

(56 = 21 + 35)

STEEPLE

(56 = 21 + 35)

PECTOSE

(54 = 19 + 35)

COPS

(54)

CLOSET

(54)

COPE

(54)

ELECTS

(54)

PESTLE

(54)

TELCOS

(54)

PECTOSE

(54 = 19 + 35)

SELECT

(54)

ELOPES

(54)

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(53 = 18 + 35)

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(53 = 18 + 35)

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(53 = 18 + 35)

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(53 = 18 + 35)

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(53 = 18 + 35)

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(53 = 18 + 35)

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(52 = 17 + 35)

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(52 = 17 + 35)

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(52 = 17 + 35)

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(52 = 17 + 35)

STEEPLE

(52 = 17 + 35)

PLOTS

(51)

COLTS

(51)

PELTS

(51)

ELECT

(51)

SPELT

(51)

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(51)

POLES

(51)

ELOPE

(51)

PEELS

(51)

SLEEP

(51)

CLOTS

(51)

SLEPT

(51)

STEEPLE

(51 = 16 + 35)

TELCO

(51)

STEEPLE

(51 = 16 + 35)

STEEPLE

(51 = 16 + 35)

TEPEES

(51)

PECTOSE

(50 = 15 + 35)

PECTOSE

(50 = 15 + 35)

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(50 = 15 + 35)

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(50 = 15 + 35)

PECTOSE

(50 = 15 + 35)

STEEPLE

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(48 = 13 + 35)

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(48)

PECTOSE

(48 = 13 + 35)

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(48)

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(48)

STEEPLE

(48 = 13 + 35)

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(48)

STEEP

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PESTO

(48)

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TELESCOPE

(48)

STEEPLE

(47 = 12 + 35)

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(46 = 11 + 35)

COST

(45)

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Words within the letters of telescope

2 letter words in telescope (5 words)

el os pe so to

3 letter words in telescope (21 words)

cee cop cot eel els lee let lop lot ops opt pet pot see set sol sop sot tee toe top

4 letter words in telescope (46 words)

cees celt clop clot cole colt cope cops cost cots eels else lees lept lest lets lope lops lose lost lots opts peel pelt peso pest pets plot poet pole pose post pots scot sect seep sloe slop slot sole spot step stop tees toes tops

5 letter words in telescope (27 words)

clops close clots colts copes copse elect elope lopes peels pelts pesto plots poets poles scope sleep sleet slept slope spelt steel steep stele stole telco tepee

6 letter words in telescope (7 words)

closet elects elopes pestle select telcos tepees

7 letter words in telescope (2 words)

pectose steeple

9 letter words in telescope (1 word)

telescope

telescope + 1 blank (2 words)

telescoped telescopes

telescope + 2 blanks (3 words)

plectostele preselector teleprocess

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Words containing the sequence telescope

Words that start with telescope (3 words)

telescope telescoped telescopes

Words with telescope in them (1 word)

telescope

Words that end with telescope (2 words)

radiotelescope telescope

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Word Growth involving telescope

Shorter words in telescope

cop cope scope

pe cope scope

Longer words containing telescope

radiotelescope

telescoped

telescopes