choke
Choke can refer to a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine or a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current. As a verb, choke can mean to breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion, be too tight; rub or press, or constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing.
Length
5
Scrabble
14
WWF
14
Starts
CH
Ends
OKE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “CHOKE” Mean?
choke has 16 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesa coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
Verb
14 sensesbreathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
“She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband”
constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
Synonyms
fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
“The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience”
Show 8 more verb definitions
check or slow down the action or effect of
“She choked her anger”
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
“The foul air was slowly suffocating the children”
Synonyms
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
“He is suffocating — living at home with his aged parents in the small village”
Synonyms
cause to retch or choke
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
Length
5 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
C, H, O, K, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★CHOKE has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆CHOKE is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆CHOKE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆CHOKE uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CCVCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
CH, HO, OK, KE
Trigrams
CHO, HOK, OKE
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