Escaping
/əsˈkeɪpɪŋ/
Scrabble:13 ptsWWF:17 pts8 letters
Definition of Escaping
verb
- To get free; to free oneself.
"The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe."
- To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
"He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail."
- To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
"Luckily, I escaped with only a fine."
- To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
"The name of the hotel escapes me at present."
- 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
Letter Values
e1
s1
c3
a1
p3
i1
n1
g2
Total: 13 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Escaping
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.