8 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
adjective clamped as in a vise
originEtymology tree English vise Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English viselike From vise + -like.
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