Definition of stopgap

"stopgap" in the noun sense

1. makeshift, stopgap, make-do

something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

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Quotations for stopgap

Much depends upon when and where you read a book. In the five or six impatient minutes before the dinner is quite ready, who would think of taking up the Faerie Queen for a stopgap, or a volume of Bishop Andrews's Sermons? [ Lamb ]

stopgap in Scrabble®

The word stopgap is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters stopgap:

STOPGAP
(98 = 48 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word stopgap

STOPGAP
(98 = 48 + 50)
STOPGAP
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(65 = 15 + 50)
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(65 = 15 + 50)
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(65 = 15 + 50)
STOPGAP
(64 = 14 + 50)

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

STOPGAP
(98 = 48 + 50)
STOPGAP
(95 = 45 + 50)
STOPGAP
(95 = 45 + 50)
STOPGAP
(95 = 45 + 50)
STOPGAP
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STOPGAP
(89 = 39 + 50)
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stopgap in Words With Friends™

The word stopgap is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

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

STOPGAP
(122 = 87 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

stopgap

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word stopgap

STOPGAP
(122 = 87 + 35)
STOPGAP
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(51 = 16 + 35)
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(51 = 16 + 35)
STOPGAP
(51 = 16 + 35)
STOPGAP
(50 = 15 + 35)

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

STOPGAP
(122 = 87 + 35)
STOPGAP
(110 = 75 + 35)
STOPGAP
(110 = 75 + 35)
STOPGAP
(104 = 69 + 35)
STOPGAP
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STOPGAP
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Words within the letters of stopgap

2 letter words in stopgap (9 words)

5 letter words in stopgap (2 words)

7 letter words in stopgap (1 word)

stopgap + 1 blank (3 words)

stopgap + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence stopgap

Words that start with stopgap (2 words)

Words with stopgap in them (1 word)

Words that end with stopgap (1 word)

Word Growth involving stopgap

Shorter words in stopgap

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Longer words containing stopgap

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