Definition of bottlenecks

"bottlenecks" in the noun sense

1. constriction, bottleneck, chokepoint

a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

2. bottleneck

the narrow part of a bottle near the top

"bottlenecks" in the verb sense

1. bottleneck

slow down or impede by creating an obstruction

"His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"

2. bottleneck

become narrow, like a bottleneck

"Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"

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bottlenecks in Scrabble®

The word bottlenecks is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters bottlenecks:

BOTTLENECKS
(180)
BOTTLENECKS
(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (23 words)

beckons, betoken, boletes, bonelet, boneset, botnets, bottles, cenotes, contest, enclose, enlocks, ketones, kettles, lockets, lockset, nettles, noblest, obscene, octenes, setbolt, slocken, teleost, telnets

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word bottlenecks

BOTTLENECKS
(180)
BOTTLENECKS
(180)
BOTTLENECKS
(120)
BOTTLENECKS
(120)
BOTTLENECKS
(84)
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(75)
BOTTLENECKS
(63)
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(62)
BOTTLENECKS
(54)
BOTTLENECKS
(50)
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(50)
BOTTLENECKS
(46)
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(46)
BOTTLENECKS
(46)
BOTTLENECKS
(46)
BOTTLENECKS
(42)
BOTTLENECKS
(42)
BOTTLENECKS
(42)
BOTTLENECKS
(42)
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(42)
BOTTLENECKS
(33)
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(33)
BOTTLENECKS
(26)
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(25)
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(25)
BOTTLENECKS
(24)
BOTTLENECKS
(24)
BOTTLENECKS
(23)
BOTTLENECKS
(22)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In bottlenecks

BOTTLENECKS
(180)
BOTTLENECKS
(180)
BOTTLENECKS
(120)
BOTTLENECKS
(120)
BECKONS
(110 = 60 + 50)
BECKONS
(110 = 60 + 50)
BECKONS
(110 = 60 + 50)
SLOCKEN
(104 = 54 + 50)
LOCKSET
(104 = 54 + 50)
LOCKETS
(104 = 54 + 50)
BETOKEN
(104 = 54 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(104 = 54 + 50)
BECKONS
(104 = 54 + 50)
LOCKSET
(104 = 54 + 50)
BECKONS
(104 = 54 + 50)
LOCKETS
(104 = 54 + 50)
LOCKSET
(102 = 52 + 50)
LOCKETS
(102 = 52 + 50)
SLOCKEN
(102 = 52 + 50)
BETOKEN
(102 = 52 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(102 = 52 + 50)
LOCKETS
(98 = 48 + 50)
KETONES
(98 = 48 + 50)
BECKONS
(98 = 48 + 50)
LOCKSET
(98 = 48 + 50)
BECKONS
(98 = 48 + 50)
BETOKEN
(98 = 48 + 50)
KETTLES
(98 = 48 + 50)
BECKONS
(98 = 48 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(98 = 48 + 50)
SLOCKEN
(98 = 48 + 50)
SLOCKEN
(98 = 48 + 50)
BECKONS
(98 = 48 + 50)
SLOCKEN
(96 = 46 + 50)
BETOKEN
(96 = 46 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(96 = 46 + 50)
BECKONS
(95 = 45 + 50)
KETTLES
(94 = 44 + 50)
KETONES
(94 = 44 + 50)
OBSCENE
(94 = 44 + 50)
LOCKSET
(92 = 42 + 50)
OBSCENE
(92 = 42 + 50)
BECKONS
(92 = 42 + 50)
SLOCKEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
SLOCKEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
LOCKSET
(92 = 42 + 50)
LOCKSET
(92 = 42 + 50)
SLOCKEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
SLOCKEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
SLOCKEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
LOCKSET
(92 = 42 + 50)
LOCKSET
(92 = 42 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(92 = 42 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(92 = 42 + 50)
BETOKEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
BETOKEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(92 = 42 + 50)
BETOKEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
BETOKEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
BECKONS
(92 = 42 + 50)
OBSCENE
(92 = 42 + 50)
BETOKEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
BETOKEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(92 = 42 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(92 = 42 + 50)
LOCKETS
(92 = 42 + 50)
LOCKETS
(92 = 42 + 50)
OBSCENE
(92 = 42 + 50)
LOCKETS
(92 = 42 + 50)
LOCKETS
(92 = 42 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(92 = 42 + 50)
LOCKETS
(92 = 42 + 50)
LOCKSET
(89 = 39 + 50)
SLOCKEN
(89 = 39 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(89 = 39 + 50)
BETOKEN
(89 = 39 + 50)
LOCKETS
(89 = 39 + 50)
SLOCKEN
(88 = 38 + 50)
BETOKEN
(88 = 38 + 50)
LOCKETS
(88 = 38 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(88 = 38 + 50)
LOCKSET
(88 = 38 + 50)
BECKONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
NOBLEST
(86 = 36 + 50)
KETTLES
(86 = 36 + 50)
BECKONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
BONESET
(86 = 36 + 50)
KETTLES
(86 = 36 + 50)
BONESET
(86 = 36 + 50)
KETTLES
(86 = 36 + 50)
KETONES
(86 = 36 + 50)
BONELET
(86 = 36 + 50)
KETONES
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(86 = 36 + 50)
BETOKEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
KETONES
(86 = 36 + 50)
KETONES
(86 = 36 + 50)
KETONES
(86 = 36 + 50)
KETONES
(86 = 36 + 50)
BONELET
(86 = 36 + 50)
KETONES
(86 = 36 + 50)
SLOCKEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
BOLETES
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONTEST
(86 = 36 + 50)
KETTLES
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONTEST
(86 = 36 + 50)
KETTLES
(86 = 36 + 50)
SETBOLT
(86 = 36 + 50)
BOLETES
(86 = 36 + 50)
SETBOLT
(86 = 36 + 50)
OBSCENE
(86 = 36 + 50)
KETTLES
(86 = 36 + 50)
OBSCENE
(86 = 36 + 50)
OBSCENE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CENOTES
(86 = 36 + 50)
OBSCENE
(86 = 36 + 50)
BECKONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CENOTES
(86 = 36 + 50)
OBSCENE
(86 = 36 + 50)
OCTENES
(86 = 36 + 50)
BOTTLES
(86 = 36 + 50)
BOTTLES
(86 = 36 + 50)
KETTLES
(86 = 36 + 50)
SETBOLT
(86 = 36 + 50)
OCTENES
(86 = 36 + 50)
NOBLEST
(86 = 36 + 50)
BOTNETS
(86 = 36 + 50)
BOTNETS
(86 = 36 + 50)
LOCKETS
(84 = 34 + 50)
BECKONS
(84 = 34 + 50)
BETOKEN
(84 = 34 + 50)
LOCKSET
(84 = 34 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(84 = 34 + 50)
OBSCENE
(84 = 34 + 50)
KETONES
(84 = 34 + 50)
BECKONS
(84 = 34 + 50)
BECKONS
(84 = 34 + 50)
KETTLES
(84 = 34 + 50)
BECKONS
(84 = 34 + 50)
BOTTLENECKS
(84)
KETTLES
(83 = 33 + 50)
OBSCENE
(83 = 33 + 50)
KETONES
(83 = 33 + 50)
LOCKETS
(82 = 32 + 50)
KETONES
(82 = 32 + 50)
KETONES
(82 = 32 + 50)
KETTLES
(82 = 32 + 50)
BETOKEN
(82 = 32 + 50)
KETTLES
(82 = 32 + 50)
LOCKSET
(82 = 32 + 50)
BETOKEN
(82 = 32 + 50)
BECKONS
(82 = 32 + 50)
BECKONS
(82 = 32 + 50)
BECKONS
(82 = 32 + 50)
BECKONS
(82 = 32 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(82 = 32 + 50)
BECKONS
(82 = 32 + 50)
BETOKEN
(80 = 30 + 50)
BOTTLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENOTES
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENOTES
(80 = 30 + 50)
OCTENES
(80 = 30 + 50)
OCTENES
(80 = 30 + 50)
BOTTLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(80 = 30 + 50)
LOCKSET
(80 = 30 + 50)
LOCKSET
(80 = 30 + 50)
BOTTLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
BOTTLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
BOTTLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(80 = 30 + 50)
OCTENES
(80 = 30 + 50)
BOTTLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
OCTENES
(80 = 30 + 50)
OCTENES
(80 = 30 + 50)
LOCKSET
(80 = 30 + 50)
LOCKSET
(80 = 30 + 50)
BOTTLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENOTES
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENLOCKS
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
BETOKEN
(80 = 30 + 50)
BETOKEN
(80 = 30 + 50)
BOTTLENECKS
(80)
CENOTES
(80 = 30 + 50)
SETBOLT
(80 = 30 + 50)
OCTENES
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENOTES
(80 = 30 + 50)
CENOTES
(80 = 30 + 50)
OCTENES
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
BOTTLENECKS
(80)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
OCTENES
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENCLOSE
(80 = 30 + 50)
LOCKETS
(80 = 30 + 50)

bottlenecks in Words With Friends™

The word bottlenecks is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 23

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters bottlenecks:

BOTTLENECKS
(279)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (23 words)

beckons, betoken, boletes, bonelet, boneset, botnets, bottles, cenotes, contest, enclose, enlocks, ketones, kettles, lockets, lockset, nettles, noblest, obscene, octenes, setbolt, slocken, teleost, telnets

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word bottlenecks

BOTTLENECKS
(279)
BOTTLENECKS
(243)
BOTTLENECKS
(243)
BOTTLENECKS
(150)
BOTTLENECKS
(150)
BOTTLENECKS
(112)
BOTTLENECKS
(112)
BOTTLENECKS
(108)
BOTTLENECKS
(105)
BOTTLENECKS
(96)
BOTTLENECKS
(96)
BOTTLENECKS
(92)
BOTTLENECKS
(92)
BOTTLENECKS
(92)
BOTTLENECKS
(87)
BOTTLENECKS
(78)
BOTTLENECKS
(70)
BOTTLENECKS
(70)
BOTTLENECKS
(70)
BOTTLENECKS
(58)
BOTTLENECKS
(54)
BOTTLENECKS
(54)
BOTTLENECKS
(46)
BOTTLENECKS
(46)
BOTTLENECKS
(34)
BOTTLENECKS
(34)
BOTTLENECKS
(33)
BOTTLENECKS
(32)
BOTTLENECKS
(31)
BOTTLENECKS
(30)
BOTTLENECKS
(30)
BOTTLENECKS
(30)
BOTTLENECKS
(29)
BOTTLENECKS
(28)
BOTTLENECKS
(27)
BOTTLENECKS
(27)
BOTTLENECKS
(26)
BOTTLENECKS
(26)
BOTTLENECKS
(25)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In bottlenecks

BOTTLENECKS
(279)
BOTTLENECKS
(243)
BOTTLENECKS
(243)
BOTTLENECKS
(150)
BOTTLENECKS
(150)
BECKONS
(137 = 102 + 35)
BECKONS
(131 = 96 + 35)
OBSCENE
(125 = 90 + 35)
BECKONS
(125 = 90 + 35)
SLOCKEN
(125 = 90 + 35)
BETOKEN
(122 = 87 + 35)
BECKONS
(119 = 84 + 35)
BECKONS
(119 = 84 + 35)
ENLOCKS
(119 = 84 + 35)
SLOCKEN
(119 = 84 + 35)
LOCKETS
(116 = 81 + 35)
LOCKETS
(116 = 81 + 35)
LOCKSET
(116 = 81 + 35)
LOCKSET
(116 = 81 + 35)
LOCKETS
(116 = 81 + 35)
LOCKSET
(116 = 81 + 35)
ENLOCKS
(113 = 78 + 35)
SLOCKEN
(113 = 78 + 35)
ENLOCKS
(113 = 78 + 35)
BECKONS
(113 = 78 + 35)
OBSCENE
(113 = 78 + 35)
BOTTLENECKS
(112)
BOTTLENECKS
(112)
LOCKETS
(110 = 75 + 35)
LOCKSET
(110 = 75 + 35)
BETOKEN
(110 = 75 + 35)
LOCKETS
(110 = 75 + 35)
LOCKSET
(110 = 75 + 35)
BOTTLENECKS
(108)
NOBLEST
(107 = 72 + 35)
KETTLES
(107 = 72 + 35)
SLOCKEN
(107 = 72 + 35)
BECKONS
(107 = 72 + 35)
SLOCKEN
(107 = 72 + 35)
BONELET
(107 = 72 + 35)
BECKONS
(107 = 72 + 35)
KETONES
(107 = 72 + 35)
BECKONS
(107 = 72 + 35)
BOTTLENECKS
(105)
BETOKEN
(104 = 69 + 35)
SETBOLT
(104 = 69 + 35)
CENOTES
(104 = 69 + 35)
BOLETES
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONTEST
(104 = 69 + 35)
BONESET
(104 = 69 + 35)
ENLOCKS
(101 = 66 + 35)
OBSCENE
(101 = 66 + 35)
ENLOCKS
(101 = 66 + 35)
BECKONS
(101 = 66 + 35)
KETONES
(101 = 66 + 35)
BECKONS
(101 = 66 + 35)
OBSCENE
(101 = 66 + 35)
KETTLES
(101 = 66 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(101 = 66 + 35)
OBSCENE
(101 = 66 + 35)
SLOCKEN
(99 = 64 + 35)
ENLOCKS
(99 = 64 + 35)
SLOCKEN
(99 = 64 + 35)
ENLOCKS
(99 = 64 + 35)
BECKON
(99)
ENLOCKS
(99 = 64 + 35)
SLOCKEN
(99 = 64 + 35)
SETBOLT
(98 = 63 + 35)
BOTTLES
(98 = 63 + 35)
OCTENES
(98 = 63 + 35)
BOTNETS
(98 = 63 + 35)
BOTTLENECKS
(96)
BOTTLENECKS
(96)
BECKONS
(95 = 60 + 35)
BONELET
(95 = 60 + 35)
LOCKETS
(95 = 60 + 35)
BETOKEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
LOCKSET
(95 = 60 + 35)
BECKONS
(95 = 60 + 35)
SLOCKEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
LOCKETS
(95 = 60 + 35)
BETOKEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
LOCKSET
(95 = 60 + 35)
BETOKEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
LOCKSET
(95 = 60 + 35)
LOCKETS
(95 = 60 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(95 = 60 + 35)
SLOCKEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
SLOCKEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
ENLOCKS
(95 = 60 + 35)
BECKON
(93)
BOTTLENECKS
(92)
BOTTLENECKS
(92)
SETBOLT
(92 = 57 + 35)
SETBOLT
(92 = 57 + 35)
BOTTLENECKS
(92)
BOTNETS
(92 = 57 + 35)
BOTTLES
(92 = 57 + 35)
BONESET
(92 = 57 + 35)
BETOKEN
(92 = 57 + 35)
LOCKETS
(92 = 57 + 35)
OCTENES
(92 = 57 + 35)
LOCKSET
(92 = 57 + 35)
BOLETES
(92 = 57 + 35)
LOCKSET
(92 = 57 + 35)
CENOTES
(92 = 57 + 35)
BETOKEN
(92 = 57 + 35)
LOCKETS
(92 = 57 + 35)
CONTEST
(92 = 57 + 35)
BETOKEN
(92 = 57 + 35)
OBSCENE
(91 = 56 + 35)
OBSCENE
(91 = 56 + 35)
OBSCENE
(91 = 56 + 35)
ENLOCKS
(89 = 54 + 35)
KETTLES
(89 = 54 + 35)
ENLOCKS
(89 = 54 + 35)
ENLOCKS
(89 = 54 + 35)
NOBLEST
(89 = 54 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(89 = 54 + 35)
OBSCENE
(89 = 54 + 35)
SLOCKEN
(89 = 54 + 35)
OBSCENE
(89 = 54 + 35)
ENLOCKS
(89 = 54 + 35)
SLOCKEN
(89 = 54 + 35)
OBSCENE
(89 = 54 + 35)
BONELET
(89 = 54 + 35)
NOBLEST
(89 = 54 + 35)
KETONES
(89 = 54 + 35)
ENLOCKS
(87 = 52 + 35)
BECKONS
(87 = 52 + 35)
BECKONS
(87 = 52 + 35)
SLOCKEN
(87 = 52 + 35)
BOTTLENECKS
(87)
LOCKSET
(86 = 51 + 35)
BOTNETS
(86 = 51 + 35)
BOTTLES
(86 = 51 + 35)
LOCKETS
(86 = 51 + 35)
LOCKSET
(86 = 51 + 35)
LOCKETS
(86 = 51 + 35)
BETOKEN
(86 = 51 + 35)
BETOKEN
(86 = 51 + 35)
BOTNETS
(86 = 51 + 35)
LOCKSET
(86 = 51 + 35)
BETOKEN
(86 = 51 + 35)
BETOKEN
(86 = 51 + 35)
OCTENES
(86 = 51 + 35)
LOCKETS
(86 = 51 + 35)
BETOKEN
(85 = 50 + 35)
ENLOCKS
(83 = 48 + 35)
OBSCENE
(83 = 48 + 35)
KETONES
(83 = 48 + 35)
NOBLEST
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
KETONES
(83 = 48 + 35)
NOBLEST
(83 = 48 + 35)
KETONES
(83 = 48 + 35)
NOBLEST
(83 = 48 + 35)
NOBLEST
(83 = 48 + 35)
KETONES
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
KETONES
(83 = 48 + 35)
NOBLEST
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
NOBLEST
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENCLOSE
(83 = 48 + 35)
NOBLEST
(83 = 48 + 35)
KETTLES
(83 = 48 + 35)
KETTLES
(83 = 48 + 35)
KETTLES
(83 = 48 + 35)
BONELET
(83 = 48 + 35)
KETTLES
(83 = 48 + 35)
OBSCENE
(83 = 48 + 35)
BONELET
(83 = 48 + 35)
BONELET
(83 = 48 + 35)
BONELET
(83 = 48 + 35)
BONELET
(83 = 48 + 35)
KETTLES
(83 = 48 + 35)
BLOCKS
(81)
BLOCKS
(81)
LOCKETS
(81 = 46 + 35)
BETOKEN
(81 = 46 + 35)
BLOCKS
(81)
ENLOCK
(81)
BECKON
(81)
LOCKSET
(81 = 46 + 35)
BOTTLES
(80 = 45 + 35)
CENOTES
(80 = 45 + 35)
OCTENES
(80 = 45 + 35)
NETTLES
(80 = 45 + 35)
CENOTES
(80 = 45 + 35)
OCTENES
(80 = 45 + 35)
CONTEST
(80 = 45 + 35)
BOTNETS
(80 = 45 + 35)
BOTTLES
(80 = 45 + 35)
SETBOLT
(80 = 45 + 35)
BOTNETS
(80 = 45 + 35)
TELNETS
(80 = 45 + 35)

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bottle bottleneck

en bottleneck

neck bottleneck

neck necks

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