preclude

Verb

Verb Forms: precluded, precluding, precludes

To make something impossible by previous action.
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
- "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
make impossible, especially beforehand
To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.

Examples

It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the skies clearing by this afternoon!
My strategic block was designed to PRECLUDE my opponent from making a bingo.

Origin / Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praeclūdere.

Synonyms

close out, forbid, foreclose, forestall, prevent, rule out

Scrabble Score: 13

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

Words With Friends Score: 17

preclude: valid Words With Friends Word