Challenging

/ˈtʃæləndʒɪŋ/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:18 ptsWWF:24 pts11 letters

Definition of Challenging

verb

To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
"We challenged the boys next door to a game of football."
To dare (someone).
To dispute (something).
"to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation"
To make a formal objection to a juror.
To claim as due; to demand as a right.

noun

The act of making a challenge.

adjective

Difficult, hard to do.

Anagrams of Challenging

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "challenging":

10-LETTER WORDS

8-LETTER WORDS

alleging angeling cageling changing clanging cleaning encaging enlacing glaceing glancing gleaning leaching

7-LETTER WORDS

aneling angelic anglice angling calling celling challie channel eagling eanling enchain encinal galenic gallein galling+10 more

6-LETTER WORDS

aching ageing caging canine caning cannel cannie chaine change clinal eching encina

Related Word Patterns

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Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

becallcall out

ANTONYMS

unchallenging

Rhyming Words

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