Escaping

/əsˈkeɪpɪŋ/

Scrabble:13 ptsWWF:17 pts8 letters
Definition of Escaping

verb

  1. To get free; to free oneself.

    "The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe."

  2. To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.

    "He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail."

  3. To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.

    "Luckily, I escaped with only a fine."

  4. To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.

    "The name of the hotel escapes me at present."

  5. To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.

    "Brion escaped the double quote character on Windows by adding a second double quote within the literal."

Anagrams of Escaping

No exact anagrams found for "escaping". This word has a unique letter combination.

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "escaping" and rearranging:

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Escaping"

Escaping is a 8-letter word that scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends.

Using "Escaping" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "escaping" is a medium-scoring word.