Definitions For Forestalled
verb
- To stop (something) from happening or to cause (something) to happen at a later time
- To act before (someone else) in order to prevent something
Is Forestalled 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
15
Words with Friends
17
The word Forestalled is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Forestalled in a Sentence
- Negotiations failed to forestall the conflict.
- His comments were meant to forestall criticism of his proposal.
- He forestalled critics by offering a defense of the project.