Escapes
Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:13 pts7 letters
Definition of Escapes
noun
- The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
"The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel."
- Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
- Something that has escaped; an escapee.
- A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.
- Escape key
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 Escapes
Letter Values
e1
s1
c3
a1
p3
e1
s1
Total: 11 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Escapes
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 "Escapes"
Escapes is a 7-letter word that scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Escapes" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "escapes" is a medium-scoring word.