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— English words —

• floodgate n. An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
• floodgate n. (By extension) Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion etc.
• floodgate n. (Obsolete) A stream that passes through a floodgate; a torrent.
• flood-gate n. Alternative spelling of floodgate.
• flood␣gate n. Alternative spelling of floodgate.

— English word, defined in French —

• floodgate n. Vanne.

28 English words from 5 English definitions

adjustable Alternative Anything By␣extension control controls emotion etc extension floodgate flow gate limits Obsolete outpouring passes people sluice spelling stream that the through torrent used used␣to valve water

1 foreign word from the foreign definition

Vanne

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

floodgates flood-gates flood␣gates

4 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

open␣the␣floodgates opens␣the␣floodgates opened␣the␣floodgates opening␣the␣floodgates

18 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ate Até Atë -ate Flo flo' floo flood Flood gat gate Gate GATE -gate loo Loo ODG OOD

10 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

doo DOO eta ETA ETag e-tag olf OOL tag TAG

7 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

floodgates flood-gates flood␣gates flood␣stage get␣ahold␣of get␣a␣hold␣of get␣a␣load␣of

4 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

floodage footgeld gatefold leadfoot

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

Bloodgate

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