CHOKING β Scrabble Check: CHOKING
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CHOKING scores 17 points (base, without multipliers).
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verb
1
To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish.
2
To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
The collar of this shirt is too tight; itβs choking me.
3
To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
to choke a cave passage with boulders and mud
4
To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
noun
1
The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
2
The act of coughing when a foreign object (i.e. food, beverages) becomes lodged in a person's airway.
π Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/choke
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is CHOKING allowed in Scrabble?
Yes, CHOKING is a legal Scrabble word.
How many points is CHOKING worth in Scrabble?
CHOKING is worth 17 base points in Scrabble before any board multipliers are applied.