shackle

1. A hobble for an animal.

2. A metal fastening, usually one of a pair, for encircling and confining the ankle or wrist of a prisoner or captive; a fetter or manacle.

3. A restraint or check to action or progress. Often used in the plural: economic shackles that precluded further investment.

4. Any of several devices, such as a clevis, used to fasten or couple.

5. Something (as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms.

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1. To bind with .

2. To make fast with or as if with a shackle.

3. To deprive of freedom especially of action by means of restrictions or handicaps .

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1. To confine with shackles; fetter.

2. To fasten or connect with a shackle.

3. To restrict, confine, or hamper. See Synonyms at hamper1.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
hackles	16	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ae	2
ah	5
al	2
as	2
eh	5
el	2
es	2
ha	5
he	5
ka	6
la	2
sh	5

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ace	5
ahs	6
ale	3
als	3
ash	6
ask	7
cel	5
elk	7
els	3
hae	6
has	6
hes	6
kae	7
kas	7
kea	7
lac	5
lah	6
las	3
lea	3
lek	7
sac	5
sae	3
sal	3
sea	3
sec	5
sel	3
sha	6
she	6
ska	7
ack	9

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aces	6
ache	9
alec	6
ales	4
cake	10
calk	10
case	6
cash	9
cask	10
cels	6
each	9
elks	8
hack	13
haes	7
hake	11
hale	7
heal	7
heck	13
kaes	8
kale	8
keas	8
lace	6
lack	10
lacs	6
lahs	7
lake	8
lakh	11
lase	4
lash	7
leak	8
leas	4
lech	9
leks	8
sack	10
sake	8
sale	4
seal	4
shea	7

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aches	10
alecs	7
cakes	11
calks	11
chalk	14
chase	10
chela	10
clash	10
hacek	14
hacks	14
hakes	12
hales	8
heals	8
hecks	14
kales	9
laces	7
lacks	11
lakes	9
lakhs	12
leach	10
leaks	9
leash	8
scale	7
selah	8
shack	14
shake	12
shale	8
sheal	8
slack	11
slake	9

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
chalks	15
chelas	11
haceks	15
hackle	15
laches	11

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
hackles	16
shackle	16