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ESCAPE
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
E
1
S
1
C
3
A
1
P
3
E
1
Σ
10
Definitions
Noun
- the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"
- a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"
- an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow escape"
- an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"
- nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
- a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
- the discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
- a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
Verb
- issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom"
- fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
- run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
- remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"
- be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word ESCAPE
Yes, ESCAPE is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 10 points in Scrabble. It is recognized as a playable word in the SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK), TWL/NWL (Scrabble US), ENABLE (Words with Friends) dictionaries.
ESCAPE is a 6-letter word. It contains 3 vowels and 3 consonants.