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Is suffocate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word suffocate is a Scrabble US word. The word suffocate is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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Is suffocate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word suffocate is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

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Yes. The word suffocate is a Words With Friends word. The word suffocate is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

SUFFOCATE,

8-letter words (1 found)

OUTFACES,

7-letter words (11 found)

ACETOUS,AFFECTS,CASTOFF,COTEAUS,CUTOFFS,FAUCETS,FEATOUS,OFFCAST,OFFCUTS,OUTFACE,SUFFECT,

6-letter words (21 found)

ACUTES,AFFECT,COATES,COSTAE,COTEAU,COUTAS,CUESTA,CUTOFF,FACETS,FAUCES,FAUCET,FOETUS,FOUATS,FOUEST,FOUETS,FUCOSE,FUSTOC,OFFCUT,OFFSET,SETOFF,TUFFES,

5-letter words (65 found)

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4-letter words (100 found)

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3-letter words (67 found)

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2-letter words (21 found)

AE,AS,AT,EA,EF,ES,ET,FA,FE,FU,OE,OF,OS,OU,SO,ST,TA,TE,TO,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 288 words from suffocate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of suffocate

suffocate

Etymology

From Latin suffōcāre, from sub- (“under, up to”) + fōx (“throat”)

Pronunciation

  • (verb) IPA(key): /ˈsʌfəkeɪt/
  • (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈsʌfəkət/

Verb

suffocate (third-person singular simple present suffocates, present participle suffocating, simple past and past participle suffocated)

  1. (ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
  2. (ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
  3. (ergative, figuratively) To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
  4. (transitive) To destroy; to extinguish.

Synonyms

  • (To suffer from reduced oxygen): asphyxiate, choke
  • (To die from insufficient oxygen): stifle, choke
  • (To be overwhelmed): drown
  • (To reduce oxygen supply): asphyxiate, choke, smother
  • (To kill by deprivation of oxygen): asphyxiate, choke, stifle
  • (To make weary with contact): smother

Derived terms

  • smothercate
  • suffocation

Related terms

  • asphyxia

Translations

Adjective

suffocate (comparative more suffocate, superlative most suffocate)

  1. (obsolete) Suffocated; choked.

Further reading

  • “suffocate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “suffocate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “suffocate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • offuscate

Latin

Verb

suffōcāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of suffōcō

Source: wiktionary.org