stifle

NOUNVERB /staɪfəl/

6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH S

stifle is a valid 6-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

S1T1I1F4L1E1

1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 =9 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27

MEANING

What does stifle mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE

Joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee.

SYNONYMS

KNEE

BROADER

JOINT ARTICULATION ARTICULATIO

VERB · 4 SENSES

Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen.

SYNONYMS

ASPHYXIATE SUFFOCATE

BROADER

PASS BUY THE FARM CASH IN ONE'S CHIPS CHOKE CONK CROAK DECEASE DIE

NARROWER

STRANGLE

Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of.

SYNONYMS

ASPHYXIATE CHOKE SUFFOCATE

BROADER

OBSTRUCT CLOSE UP IMPEDE BLOCK OCCLUDE OBTURATE JAM

Suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity.

SYNONYMS

DAMPEN

ANTONYMS

STIMULATE

BROADER

INHIBIT BOTTLE UP SUPPRESS

NARROWER

CHOKE SUFFOCATE

STIFLER

Suppress in order to conceal or hide.

SYNONYMS

MUFFLE REPRESS SMOTHER STRANGLE

BROADER

BOTTLE UP SUPPRESS INHIBIT

STIFLER STIFLING

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of stifle

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FILETS9 ITSELF9 FLIEST9 FLITES9

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