telescope
NOUNVERB
/tɛlɪ,skoʊp/
9 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH T
telescope is a valid 9-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
T1E1L1E1S1C3O1P3E1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING
What does telescope mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
A magnifier of images of distant objects.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
RELATED
VERB · 2 SENSES
1
Crush together or collapse.
“In the accident, the cars telescoped”
“my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack”
BROADER
2
Make smaller or shorter.
“the novel was telescoped into a short play”
BROADER