What BOTTLENECK Means
- noun: a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
- noun: the narrow part of a bottle near the top
- verb: slow down or impede by creating an obstruction“His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system”
- verb: become narrow, like a bottleneck“Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BOTTLENECK is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 O1 T1 T1 L1 E1 N1 E1 C3 K5.
Words Made From The Letters In BOTTLENECK
212 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
8 letter words (1)
7 letter words (3)
6 letter words (20)
BECKETBECKONBEENTOBEKNOTBOLETEBOTNETBOTTLECENOTEECBOLEENLOCKKETONEKETTLELOCKETNEBECKNETTLENOCKETOBTECTTECKELTELNETTONLET
5 letter words (43)
BECKEBELONBENETBENTOBETELBETONBLENTBLOCKBLOKEBONCEBOTELBOTTECELEBCENTOCLEEKCLOKECLONECLONKCLOTECOBLECONTECTENEELECTETTLEKEENOKENTEKETOLKLETTKNEELKNELTLEBENLENTOLEONELOTTENEBEKNEBELNOBLEOCTETOLENTONCETTELCOTENETTOKEN
4 letter words (80)
BECKBEENBEETBELTBENEBENTBETEBLEEBLETBLOCBLOTBOCKBOETBOKEBOLEBOLTBONEBONKBOTEBOTTCELTCENTCETECLONCLOTCOKECOLECOLTCONECONKCOTECOTTEBONENOLETENKEELKEENKEETKELTKENOKENTKETEKETOKNEEKNOTKOELLEEKLEETLEKELENOLENTLOBELOCKLOKELONELOTENECKNETENETTNOCKNOELNOLENOTENOTTONCETEEKTEELTEENTELETELTTENETENTTETETOCKTOKETOLETOLTTONETONKTOTE
3 letter words (50)
BEEBELBENBETBOKBONBOTCEECELCOBCOLCONCOTECOEEKEELEENEKEELKELTENEEONKEBKENKETKOBKONLEELEKLETLOBLOTNEBNEENEKNETNOTOBEOKEOLEONETECTEETELTENTETTOCTOETONTOT
2 letter words (15)
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