Definition of Encounter

Noun

• a hostile disagreement face-to-face
  confrontation showdown - face off
• a casual meeting with a person or thing
  - coming upon
• a casual or unexpected convergence
  "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"
  "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
  meeting
• a minor short-term fight
  brush clash skirmish

Verb

• contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
  "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"
  "Charlie likes to play Mary"
  meet play - take on
• experience as a reaction
  "My proposal met with much opposition"
  meet receive
• be beset by
  "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
  - run into
• come upon, as if by accident
  meet with
  "We find this idea in Plato"
  "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"
  "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
  find happen chance bump
• come together
  "I'll probably see you at the meeting"
  "How nice to see you again!"
  meet - run into - run across - come across see

Word games points for the Encounter

• Scrabble® score of the encounter (11)
• Word Chums® score of the encounter (17)
• Words With Friends® score of the encounter (15)

Unscramble encounter

231 unscramble word found using the letters encounter.

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