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THROTTLE

8 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What THROTTLE Means

  1. verb: place limits on (extent or amount or access)“restrict the use of this parking lot”
  2. verb: kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air“he tried to strangulate his opponent”
  3. noun: a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
  4. noun: a pedal that controls the throttle valve“he stepped on the gas”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

THROTTLE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 H4 R1 O1 T1 T1 L1 E1.

Words Made From The Letters In THROTTLE

81 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.

6 letter words (6)

5 letter words (11)

4 letter words (26)

3 letter words (25)

2 letter words (13)

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