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STIFLES

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The answer STIFLES is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.

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Definition

STIFLE as a noun:

1. (stifle, knee) = joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

STIFLE as a verb:

1. (smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress) = conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
2. (stifle, dampen) = smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
3. (suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke) = impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
4. (suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate) = be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"