sputter
VERBNOUN
/spətər/
7 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH S
sputter is a valid 7-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1P3U1T1T1E1R1
1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING
What does sputter mean?
VERB · 5 SENSES
1
Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.
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2
Utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage.
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3
Spit up in an explosive manner.
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4
Cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed.
“The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust”
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5
Make an explosive sound.
“sputtering engines”
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RELATED
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively.
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2
An utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage).
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