strangler
Plural: stranglers
Noun
- an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
- someone who kills by strangling
- Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling.
- An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.
Origin / Etymology
From strangle + -er.
Scrabble Score: 10
strangler: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordstrangler: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
strangler: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
strangler: valid Words With Friends Word