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Is throttle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word throttle is a Scrabble US word. The word throttle is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is throttle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word throttle is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Yes. The word throttle is a Words With Friends word. The word throttle is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

THROTTLE,

6-letter words (6 found)

HOTTER,LOTHER,LOTTER,TOLTER,TOTHER,TOTTER,

5-letter words (11 found)

HELOT,HOTEL,LOTTE,OTHER,OTTER,ROTTE,THOLE,THROE,TORTE,TOTER,TROTH,

4-letter words (29 found)

EORL,HELO,HERL,HERO,HOER,HOLE,HOLT,HORE,HOTE,LEHR,LORE,LOTE,LOTH,ORLE,ROHE,ROLE,ROTE,ROTL,TEHR,TELT,TETH,THRO,TOLE,TOLT,TORE,TORT,TOTE,TRET,TROT,

3-letter words (25 found)

ELT,ETH,HER,HET,HOE,HOT,LET,LOR,LOT,OLE,ORE,ORT,REH,REO,RET,RHO,ROE,ROT,TEL,TET,THE,THO,TOE,TOR,TOT,

2-letter words (13 found)

EH,EL,ER,ET,HE,HO,LO,OE,OH,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 86 words from throttle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of throttle

throttle

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɹɒt.l̩/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈθɹɔ.təl/, /ˈθɹɑ.təl/, /ˈθɹɑ.tl̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɒtəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English *throtel, diminutive of throte (“throat”), equivalent to throat +‎ -le. Compare German Drossel (“throttle”). More at throat.

Noun

throttle (plural throttles)

  1. A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
  2. The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
    Synonyms: accelerator, gas pedal, gas
  3. (anatomy, archaic) The windpipe or trachea.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English throtlen (“to choke, strangle, suffocate”), from the noun (see above). Compare German erdrosseln (“to strangle, choke, throttle”).

Verb

throttle (third-person singular simple present throttles, present participle throttling, simple past and past participle throttled)

  1. (transitive) To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
  2. (transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
  3. (transitive) To strangle or choke someone.
  4. (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
  5. (intransitive) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
  6. (transitive) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
Derived terms
  • throttle down
  • throttle up
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Source: wiktionary.org