hamstring

1. Any of the tendons at the rear hollow of the human knee.

2. The hamstring muscle.

3. The large tendon in the back of the hock of a quadruped.

4. Either of two groups of tendons at the back of the human knee.

5. Any of three muscles at the back of the thigh that function to flex and rotate the leg and extend the thigh.

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1. To make ineffective or powerless .

2. To cripple by cutting the leg tendons.

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1. To cut the hamstring of (an animal or a person) and thereby cripple.

2. To destroy or hinder the efficiency of; frustrate: "These worthwhile books are often hamstrung by unimaginative formats and inaccurate art" ( Don Lessem).

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
hamstring	15	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ag	3
ah	5
ai	2
am	4
an	2
ar	2
as	2
at	2
gi	3
ha	5
hi	5
hm	7
in	2
is	2
it	2
ma	4
mi	4
na	2
sh	5
si	2
ta	2
ti	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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tag	4
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tin	3
tis	3
ats	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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ting	5
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stim	6

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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airns	5
airth	8
airts	5
amins	7
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might	11
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riant	5
right	9
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shirt	8
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train	5
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trans	5
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trims	7
margs	8

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
airths	9
amrits	8
aright	10
arming	9
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ashing	10
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strain	6
strang	7
string	7
taming	9
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thairm	11
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things	10
thiram	11
trains	6

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
armings	10
garnish	11
gastrin	8
gratins	8
harming	13
harmins	12
hasting	11
margins	10
marting	10
martins	9
mashing	13
masting	10
matings	10
migrant	10
ratings	8
shaming	13
sharing	11
staring	8
tarnish	10
thairms	12
thirams	12

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
migrants	11
smarting	11
trashing	12

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
hamstring	15