stymie

6 letters · noun · scores 1,400 in SpellHuntr

noun

a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole

verb

hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

Stymie in a sentence

They had lost the key, and the lock stymied the first three locksmiths they called.

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