Definitions For Encroaching

adjective

  • Gradually intrusive without right or permission

verb

  • To gradually move or go into an area that is beyond the usual or desired limits
  • To gradually take or begin to use or affect something that belongs to someone else or that someone else is using

Is Encroaching 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
19
Words with Friends
23

The word Encroaching is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Encroaching in a Sentence

  • The suburbs encroach further into the rural areas each year.
  • Each year the sea continues to encroach upon the island's beaches

Synonyms for Encroaching

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