Definitions For Telescoping

noun

  • A device shaped like a long tube that you look through in order to see things that are far away

verb

  • To become shorter by having one section slide inside another somewhat larger section
  • To make (something) shorter in length or time

Is Telescoping 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
16
Words with Friends
21

The word Telescoping is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Telescoping in a Sentence

  • The rings of Saturn can be seen through a telescope.
  • For dramatic purposes, the film telescopes the years over which the events occurred into a few short months

Antonyms for Telescoping

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