cloy

Verb

Verb Forms: cloyed, cloying, cloys

To sicken or disgust with an excess of sweetness or richness.
supply or feed to surfeit
cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
- "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
To fill up or choke up; to stop up.
To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.
To fill to loathing; to surfeit.

Examples

Too many high-scoring words can CLOY the Words With Friends board, blocking future plays.

Origin / Etymology

From an aphetic form of Middle English acloyen, from Old French enclouer, encloer, from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre, from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus.

Synonyms

pall, surfeit, block, block up, choke, fill, fill up, glut, gorge, jade, nauseate, sate, satiate, satisfy, sicken, stodge, stop up, stuff, stuff up

Scrabble Score: 9

cloy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cloy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cloy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

cloy: valid Words With Friends Word