Buttonholing is valid Scrabble Word

Is buttonholing a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary NO
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is buttonholing valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

12 letters word
18 points in Scrabble
23 points in WWF

Definitions for BUTTONHOLING in dictionary:

VERB:

BUTTONHOLE, to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLD

NOUN:

a flower or spray worn in a buttonhole on the lapel of a jacket.
a slit made in a garment to receive a button for fastening.
attract the attention of and detain (someone) in conversation, typically against their will
make buttonholes in (a garment).

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

a slit or loop through which a button is passed

Words related to BUTTONHOLING

buttonhole15

How to use BUTTONHOLING in a sentence

Wilkins buttonholing Briggs and evidently telling him the story of the oleander tree in the middle of the garden.
The Kipling-Wells style of swift, shouldering, button-holing writing has accustomed readers and critics alike to a straight course and a rapid tempo.
When Harold sprang upon the train as it was moving from the station and entered the rear car, he found old Peterkin near the door, button-holing Judge St.

Similar words containing BUTTONHOL without suffix ing

buttonhold16 buttonhole15 buttonholds17 buttonholed17 buttonholer16 buttonholes16 buttonholers17 buttonholding20

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