Is “Bottleneck” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
BOTTLENECK
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Valid

Meaning of Bottleneck

noun
  1. 1.The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.

  2. 2.In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.

  3. 3.(by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.

    It is easy to create entries; processing the paperwork is the bottleneck.

verb
  1. 1.To slow by causing a bottleneck.

    The merge bottlenecked the traffic every morning.

  2. 2.To form a bottleneck.

    The traffic bottlenecked at the merge every morning.