bottleneck
NOUNVERB
/bɑtəl,nɛk/
10 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH B
bottleneck is a valid 10-letter word worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3O1T1T1L1E1N1E1C3K5
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 5 =18 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 36TRIPLE WORD → 54
MEANING
What does bottleneck mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
A narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
The narrow part of a bottle near the top.
BROADER
VERB · 2 SENSES
1
Become narrow, like a bottleneck.
“Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks”
BROADER
2
Slow down or impede by creating an obstruction.
“His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system”
BROADER