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BOTTLENECKS

11 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 22 pts

BOTTLENECKS is a valid 11-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 22 in Super Big Boggle.

BOTTLENECKS root BOTTLENECK-s

Word family

BOTTLENECK 11 BOTTLENECKING-ing 11 BOTTLENECKED-ed 11
noun
  1. The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
  2. A portion of a bottleneck placed on the finger and used as a guitar slide.
  3. figurativelyIn traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
  4. broadlyfigurativelyThe part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
    • It is easy to create entries; processing the paperwork is the bottleneck.
    • The bottleneck in this computer program is the inefficient sorting process; we should replace it with a faster one.
verb
  1. transitiveTo slow by causing a bottleneck.
    • The merge bottlenecked the traffic every morning.
  2. intransitiveTo form a bottleneck.
    • The traffic bottlenecked at the merge every morning.