The Clue
Meets (10 letter answer)
The Answer
ENCOUNTERS
Tags
Notes
The answer ENCOUNTERS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
ENCOUNTER as a noun:
1. (brush, clash, encounter, skirmish) = a minor short-term fight
2. (meeting, encounter) = a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
3. (encounter, coming upon) = a casual meeting with a person of thing
4. (confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off) = a hostile disagreement face-to-face
ENCOUNTER as a verb:
1. (meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see) = come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
2. (find, happen, chance, bump, encounter) = 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"
3. (run into, encounter) = be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
4. (meet, encounter, receive) = experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"
5. (meet, encounter, play, take on) = contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"