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Term: stymies

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "stymies": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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stymies

Definitions

Noun

  1. A situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
  2. A thwarting and distressing situation
  3. A situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
  4. A thwarting and distressing situation

Verb

  1. Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  2. Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

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Words that contain the term "stymies".

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1 stymies 2 0

Sounds Like

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# Word Syllables Freq
1 studies 2 103
2 stories 2 59
3 species 2 37
4 scotty's 2 11
5 salaries 3 8
6 safeties 2 1
7 sceneries 3 1
8 cindy's 2 0
9 safety's 2 0
10 salvi's 2 0
11 sandy's 2 0
12 sarney's 2 0
13 sculley's 2 0
14 silfies 2 0
15 soltys 2 0
16 sorties 2 0
17 species' 2 0
18 staley's 2 0
19 story's 2 0
20 study's 2 0
21 summaries 3 0
22 surgeries 3 0
23 sydney's 2 0

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# Word Syllables Freq
1 styles 1 20
2 ties 1 15
3 smiles 1 11
4 stymied 2 1
5 stiles 1 1
6 stymie 2 0
7 symes 1 0
8 stylites 2 0
9 symmes 1 0
10 styers 2 0
11 stites 1 0
12 stires 1 0
13 stipes 1 0
14 stines 1 0
15 stiers 2 0
16 stiens 1 0
17 hymies 2 0
18 stormiest 3 0
19 steamiest 3 0
20 syms 1 0

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Term

Definitions: 6

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 23

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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