entice

Verb

Verb Forms: enticed, enticing, entices

To attract or lure by offering pleasure or advantage.
provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.

Examples

I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.
The open triple word score seemed to entice every player into a risky play.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier (“to stir up or excite”), from a Vulgar Latin *intitiāre (“I set on fire”), from in- + titiō (“firebrand (tool)”), from Proto-Italic *tītjō (“heating”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teih₁- (“to become hot, melt or to end”).

Synonyms

lure, tempt

Scrabble Score: 8

entice: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
entice: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
entice: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

entice: valid Words With Friends Word