encircle

encircle is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.
2. verb. bind with something round or circular

   Synonyms: gird

3. verb. form a circle around

   "encircle the errors"

   Synonyms: circle

Synonyms

gird, circle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in encircle:

licencer

Common word forms

encircled, encircler, encircles, encircling, encirclement

Words from these letters

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