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— English words —

• strait adj. (Archaic) Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
• strait adj. (Archaic) Righteous, strict.
• strait adj. (Obsolete) Tight; close; tight-fitting.
• strait adj. (Obsolete) Close; intimate; near; familiar.
• strait adj. (Obsolete) Difficult; distressful.
• strait adj. (Obsolete) Parsimonious; stingy; mean.
• strait adj. Obsolete spelling of straight.
• strait n. (Geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
• strait n. A narrow pass, passage or street.
• strait n. A neck of land; an isthmus.
• strait n. (Often in the plural) A difficult position.
• strait v. (Obsolete, transitive) To confine; put to difficulties.
• strait v. (Obsolete, transitive) To tighten.
• strait adv. (Obsolete) Strictly; rigorously.
• Strait prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Luxembourgish
  • Sträit n. Fight, quarrel, dispute.

— English words, defined in French —

• strait adj. (Archaïsme) Étroit.
• strait adj. (Archaïsme) Strict.
• strait n. (Géographie) Détroit.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• strait s. Estrecho.
• strait s. Apuro.
• strait s. Aprieto.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• strait s. Estreito (acidente geográfico).

53 English words from 16 English definitions

Archaic as␣to bodies bodies␣of␣water channel close confine connecting difficult difficulties dispute distressful familiar Fight fitting Geography intimate isthmus land larger mean narrow near neck Obsolete Often Parsimonious pass passage plural position put put␣to quarrel restricted Righteous rigorously room space spelling stingy straight street strict Strictly surname the tight tighten tight-fitting transitive two water

1 English word from 7 foreign definitions

Strict

10 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

acidente Aprieto Apuro Archaïsme Détroit Estrecho Estreito Étroit geográfico Géographie

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

straits Straits straited straiten straiter straitly straitens straitest straiting straitened straitness straitening straitlaced strait-laced straithanded strait-handed straitjacket straitnesses straitjackets straitlacedly Strait␣of␣Dover Strait␣of␣Kerch Strait␣of␣Tiran straitjacketed Strait␣of␣Fokien Strait␣of␣Hormuz Strait␣of␣Sicily Straits␣of␣Tiran strait␣and␣narrow straitened␣times straitjacketing straitlacedness Strait␣of␣Georgia Strait␣of␣Malacca Strait␣of␣Messina Strait␣of␣Otranto Straits␣of␣Hormuz straitwaistcoat straithandedness strait-handedness Strait␣of␣Magellan Straits␣of␣Malacca straitwaistcoats Strait␣of␣Bonifacio Strait␣of␣Gibraltar Straits␣of␣Magellan straitwaistcoated Strait␣of␣Juan␣de␣Fuca Straits␣of␣Gibraltar Straits␣Settlements Straits␣of␣Juan␣de␣Fuca

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

distraite enstraiten dire␣straits enstraitens enstraitened overstraitly Sunda␣Straits Tiran␣Straits unstraitened Bering␣Straits enstraitening Taiwan␣Straits Formosa␣Straits Torres␣Strait␣Creole Torres␣Strait␣Islands Torres␣Strait␣Islander Torres␣Strait␣Islanders

29 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

distrait Old␣Strait Bass␣Strait Irbe␣Strait cross-strait Kerch␣Strait Korea␣Strait Luzon␣Strait Menai␣Strait Nares␣Strait Sunda␣Strait Tañon␣Strait Tiran␣Strait Bering␣Strait Hecate␣Strait Mandab␣Strait Mandeb␣Strait Taiwan␣Strait Torres␣Strait Apolima␣Strait Euripus␣Strait Formosa␣Strait Foveaux␣Strait Georgia␣Strait Kythira␣Strait Governor's␣Strait La␣Pérouse␣Strait Singapore␣Strait Juan␣de␣Fuca␣Strait

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

ait AIT rai Rai raï str STR str. stra. tra TRA trait

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

art Art ART 'art art. arts Arts ARTS arts. IAR rts RTs RTS tia Tia TIA tiar

11 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

artist Artist atrist Attris ittars rattis Rattis star␣it Štitar strati traits

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

airtist artiest artiste artists Artists astrict at␣first athirst atrists attires attrist attrits Cartist dartist gittars iratest matrist patrist ratites rat␣pits ratshit rattish sortita starlit stars␣it startin' straint straits Straits stratic striata striate striato- tarpits tar␣pits tartish tastier tirthas tityras transit Transit triacts tricast Tristan tristar tsarist Tsarist tzarist yttrias

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

airts arist astir atsit Attis Attri ISTAR ittar ratis ratti Ratti riats Ritas Ritsa ritts Sarti Satit sitar Sitar stair Stair start Start START stati strat Strat stria tairs taits Taits tarsi tarts Tarts tasti tiars tiatr tisar trait trats Trias trist trits

7 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

straik strain Strain S-train strapt Stratt streit

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

strat Strat trait

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

straint

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