Definitions For Shackling

noun

  • One of two rings or bands that are placed around a person's wrists or ankles and that are connected by a chain
  • Something that prevents people from acting freely

verb

  • To put shackles on (someone or something)

Is Shackling a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
22

The word Shackling is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Shackling in a Sentence

  • Placed shackles on the legs of the prisoners
  • The shackles of illiteracy can be just as confining as leg irons
  • The guard shackled the prisoner.
  • Unwilling to shackle the dogs to the wall of the house

Antonyms for Shackling

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