tumefy

Verb

Verb Forms: tumefies, tumefying

To swell or cause to swell, often due to inflammation.
cause to become very swollen
expand abnormally
To cause to swell.
To swell; to rise into a tumour.

Examples

The tension of the Words With Friends game made his brain TUMEFY with potential plays.

Origin / Etymology

From French tuméfier, from Latin tumefaciō, ultimately from tumeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- (“to be swelling”), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell”).

Synonyms

intumesce, swell, swell up, tumesce

Scrabble Score: 14

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

Words With Friends Score: 15

tumefy: valid Words With Friends Word