STRAIT
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strait is worth 14 points in the game of Scrabble
Definitions for the word, strait
(a.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw.
(a.) A narrow pass or passage.
(a.) A neck of land; an isthmus.
(a.) A variant of Straight.
(a.) Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
(adv.) Strictly; rigorously.
(superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar.
(superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited.
(superl.) Narrow; not broad.
(superl.) Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.
(superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
(superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting.
(v. t.) To put to difficulties.