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STRANGLE

8 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

STRANGLE is a valid 8-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 11 in Super Big Boggle.

verb
  1. transitiveTo kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.
    • She strangled her husband and dissolved the body in acid.
  2. transitiveTo choke, suffocate or throttle, whether the victim survives or not.
  3. transitiveTo stifle or suppress.
    • He strangled a scream.
  4. intransitiveTo be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
    • The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
  5. intransitiveTo be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
noun
  1. A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices.