Definition of smothering

"smothering" in the verb sense

1. smother, surround

envelop completely

"smother the meat in gravy"

2. smother, asphyxiate, suffocate

deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"

"The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"

3. smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress

suppress in order to conceal or hide

"smother a yawn"

"muffle one's anger"

"strangle a laugh"

"repress a cry of fear"

4. smother

form an impenetrable cover over

"the butter cream smothered the cake"

5. smother, put out

deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion

"smother fires"

"smothering" in the adjective sense

1. smothering, suffocating, suffocative

causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat

"the choking June dust"

"the smothering soft voices"

"smothering heat"

"the room was suffocating

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smothering in Scrabble®

The word smothering 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: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters smothering:

SMOTHERING
(153)
SMOTHERING
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (51 words)

egotism, emoting, gnomish, gnomist, goiters, goitres, goriest, gothism, hermits, heroins, heroism, histone, hogties, homiest, hornets, horsing, hosting, ignores, inshore, mentors, meronts, meshing, minters, mitogen, moisten, moister, mongers, monster, mortise, mothers, norites, ogreish, orients, regions, remints, resight, resting, shoeing, shoring, shorten, sighter, smother, sorting, stinger, stonier, storing, thermos, thiones, thrones, throngs, triones

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word smothering

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

SMOTHERING
(153)
SMOTHERING
(153)
SMOTHERING
(102)
SMOTHERING
(102)
GOTHISM
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MESHING
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GNOMISH
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RESIGHT
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HOGTIES
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INSHORE
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THRONES
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smothering in Words With Friends™

The word smothering 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: 18

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

SMOTHERING
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (51 words)

egotism, emoting, gnomish, gnomist, goiters, goitres, goriest, gothism, hermits, heroins, heroism, histone, hogties, homiest, hornets, horsing, hosting, ignores, inshore, mentors, meronts, meshing, minters, mitogen, moisten, moister, mongers, monster, mortise, mothers, norites, ogreish, orients, regions, remints, resight, resting, shoeing, shoring, shorten, sighter, smother, sorting, stinger, stonier, storing, thermos, thiones, thrones, throngs, triones

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word smothering

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

SMOTHERING
(234)
SMOTHERING
(198)
SMOTHERING
(120)
SMOTHERING
(120)
GNOMISH
(116 = 81 + 35)
HOMIEST
(113 = 78 + 35)
MESHING
(110 = 75 + 35)
GNOMIST
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MONGERS
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GNOMISH
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MESHING
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GOTHISM
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MINTERS
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MENTORS
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MONSTER
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GNOMISH
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MESHING
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GNOMIST
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HOGTIES
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EMOTING
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MITOGEN
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MORTISE
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SMOTHERING
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SMOTHERING
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Words within the letters of smothering

2 letter words in smothering (19 words)

9 letter words in smothering (3 words)

10 letter words in smothering (1 word)

smothering + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence smothering

Words that start with smothering (1 word)

Words with smothering in them (1 word)

Words that end with smothering (1 word)

Word Growth involving smothering

Shorter words in smothering

moth mother mothering

he her other mother mothering

he the other mother mothering

in ring mothering

moth mother smother

he her other mother smother

he the other mother smother

Longer words containing smothering

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