sphincter

1. A ringlike muscle that normally maintains constriction of a body passage or orifice and that relaxes as required by normal physiological functioning.

2. An annular muscle surrounding and able to contract or close a bodily opening.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
sphincter	16	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
eh	5
en	2
er	2
es	2
et	2
he	5
hi	5
in	2
is	2
it	2
ne	2
pe	4
pi	4
re	2
sh	5
si	2
te	2
ti	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cep	7
chi	8
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ers	3
est	3
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phi	8
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the	6
tic	5
tie	3
tin	3
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tis	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cent	6
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cert	6
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cine	6
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rein	4
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rice	6
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sect	6
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shen	7
shin	7
ship	9
shri	7
sice	6
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sith	7
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spec	8
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spit	6
step	6
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tech	9
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tern	4
then	7
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this	7
tics	6
tier	4
ties	4
tine	4
tins	4
tips	6
tire	4
trip	6

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cents	7
certs	7
cesti	7
chert	10
chest	10
chine	10
chins	10
chips	12
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chits	10
cines	7
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crits	7
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etics	7
heirs	8
heist	8
hents	8
herns	8
hints	8
hires	8
inept	7
inert	5
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nerts	5
nicer	7
niche	10
niter	5
nites	5
nitre	5
pechs	12
peins	7
penis	7
perch	12
percs	9
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piers	7
pinch	12
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pirns	7
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repin	7
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ripes	7
risen	5
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siren	5
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stein	5
stern	5
stich	10
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thein	8
their	8
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thesp	10
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thrip	10
tiers	5
tines	5
tires	5
trice	7
tries	5
trine	5
tripe	7
trips	7
sitch	10

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ceriph	13
cherts	11
chines	11
chinse	11
chints	11
chirps	13
cipher	13
citers	8
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trench	11
tricep	10
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triens	6
trines	6
tripes	8

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ceriphs	14
chipset	14
ciphers	14
cistern	9
cithern	12
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cithren	12
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inchers	12
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pitcher	14
pitches	14
princes	11
pschent	14
pterins	9
richens	12
richest	12
sphenic	14
spheric	14
sthenic	12
triceps	11

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
christen	13
citherns	13
cithrens	13
pinchers	15
pinscher	15
pitchers	15
snitcher	13

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
sphincter	16