Meaning
- (noun) The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation. “The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel.”
- (noun) Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
- (noun) Something that has escaped; an escapee.
- (noun) A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.
- (noun) Escape key
- (noun) The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal). “You forgot to insert an escape in the datastream.”
- (noun) A successful shot from a snooker position.
- (noun) A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.
- (noun) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake, oversight, or transgression.
- (noun) A sally.
- (noun) An apophyge.
- (verb) To get free; to free oneself. “The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe.”
Letter breakdown
- Escapes contains 7 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
- It uses 5 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 11.
Words from these letters
Connected words
Other 7-letter words
- abalone
- abandon
- abashed
- abashes
- abasing
- abating
- abbrevs
- abdomen
- abducts
- abetted
- abetter
- abettor
- abiding
- ability
- abjured
- abjures
- abolish
- aborted
Words starting with ESC
- escalate
- escalated
- escalates
- escalating
- escalation
- escalations
- escalator
- escalators
- escapade
- escapades
- escape
- escaped
- escapee
- escapees
- escaping
- escapism
- escapist
- escapists
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Words ending with PES
Reader questions
What does Escapes mean?
The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
How many letters are in Escapes?
Escapes has 7 letters.
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