Definitions For Encounter
noun
- A casual meeting with a person or thing
- A minor short-term fight
- A hostile disagreement face-to-face
- A casual or unexpected convergence
- A meeting that is not planned or expected
- A usually brief experience with another person
- A violent or very unfriendly meeting
verb
- Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- Come together
- Come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- Be beset by
- Experience as a reaction
- To have or experience (problems, difficulties, etc.)
- To meet (someone) without expecting or intending to
Is Encounters a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
16
The word Encounter is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Encounter in a Sentence
- We encountered problems early in the project.
- The pilot told us that we might encounter turbulence during the flight.
- Her suggestion has encountered a lot of opposition.
- A chance encounter with a famous writer
- He's accused of having had sexual encounters with several young women.
- There was a violent encounter between fans of the opposing teams.
Synonyms for Encounter
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