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Definition of constrains

"constrains" in the verb sense

1. enforce, impose, constrain

compel to behave in a certain way

"Social relations impose courtesy"

"duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations"

2. restrain, confine, hold, constrain

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

"This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"

"About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"

"The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"

"The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

3. stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain

severely restrict in scope or extent

"tighten the rules"

"stiffen the regulations"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for constrains

Now cold despair To livid paleness turns the glowing red;
His blood, scarce liquid, creeps within his veins,
Like water which the freezing wind constrains. [ Dryden ]

From the power which constrains every creature man frees himself by overcoming himself. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

True art is like good company; it constrains us in the most charming way to recognise the standard after which and up to which our innermost being is shaped by culture. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

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constrains in Scrabble®

The word constrains 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: 12

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

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Words within the letters of constrains

2 letter words in constrains (15 words)

ai an ar as at in is it no on or os so ta to

3 letter words in constrains (41 words)

act air ais ant arc ars art ass can car cat cis con cot inn ins ion its nit nor nos not oar oat ors ran rat rot sac sat sic sin sir sit son sot tan tar tic tin ton

4 letter words in constrains (64 words)

5 letter words in constrains (74 words)

6 letter words in constrains (54 words)

7 letter words in constrains (26 words)

actions anoints atonics caisson cantons cantors cartons casinos castors cations citrons consist contain costars cratons incants instars introns nations nonarts racists rations scorias stannic strains tocsins

8 letter words in constrains (7 words)

arsonist canonist castiron contains narcosis sanction scansion

9 letter words in constrains (4 words)

canonists constrain croissant sanctions

10 letter words in constrains (1 word)

constrains

constrains + 1 blank (2 words)

constraints sanctioners

constrains + 2 blanks (6 words)

constrainers contrariness romanticness transactions transcodings transections

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Words containing the sequence constrains

Words that start with constrains (1 word)

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Words with constrains in them (1 word)

constrains

Words that end with constrains (3 words)

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Word Growth involving constrains

Shorter words in constrains

on con cons constrain

ai rain train strain constrain

in rain train strain constrain

ai rain train strain strains

in rain train strain strains

in ins rains trains strains

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in rain rains trains strains

ai rain train trains strains

in rain train trains strains

Longer words containing constrains

overconstrains

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