stifle

1. The joint of the hind leg analogous to the human knee in certain quadrupeds, such as the horse.

2. The joint next above the hock in the hind leg of a quadruped (as a horse or dog) corresponding to the human knee .

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1. To kill by depriving of oxygen .

2. To cut off (as the voice or breath).

3. To withhold from circulation or expression .

4. To be or become unable to breathe easily .

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1. To die of suffocation.

2. To feel smothered or suffocated by or as if by close confinement in a stuffy room.

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1. To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).

2. To keep in or hold back; repress: stifled my indignation.

3. To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
stifle	9	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
el	2
if	5
is	2
it	2
li	2
ef	5
si	2
te	2
fe	5
es	2
et	2
ti	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
lis	3
lei	3
ifs	6
its	3
tis	3
til	3
let	3
lie	3
lit	3
tie	3
sei	3
sel	3
set	3
sit	3
tes	3
tel	3
fes	6
fet	6
efs	6
eft	6
elf	6
els	3
fie	6
fil	6
est	3
fit	6

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
lits	4
lief	7
lite	4
list	4
lift	7
life	7
lies	4
leis	4
slit	4
site	4
felt	7
seif	7
self	7
sift	7
silt	4
lest	4
tils	4
tile	4
ties	4
tels	4
flit	7
isle	4
efts	7
fits	7
fist	7
fils	7
file	7
fets	7
fest	7
left	7
lets	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
stile	5
tiles	5
flies	8
lites	5
lifts	8
lefts	8
istle	5
islet	5
feist	8
felts	8
files	8
filet	8
flits	8
flite	8

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
stifle	9
itself	9
flites	9
fliest	9
filets	9