Forestall is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 571 anagrams from letters in forestall (aefllorst).
1350-1400; Middle English forstallen, verbal derivative of forstalle, Old English foresteall intervention (to defeat justice), waylaying. See fore-, Examples for forestall
Nettie rose when they approached her to forestall their questions. The problem is that in an effort to forestall an Israeli strike, Obama is making war pledges now. Chavez could be declared "temporarily absent," a narrowly legal if baldly political maneuver to forestall succession. After this she would be on her guard, forestall Martin, do tenderly what he would do harshly. He must straight to Rosamund to forestall the tale that others would carry to her. The global community came together to forestall the worst of the 2008–09 crisis, and "kumbaya" moments came fast and furious. Jim turned up his coat collar to forestall a possible repetition. The way to beat them is not to forestall or worry about who scored points today. He could see it forming, and went on hurriedly to forestall it. The invasion of Crimea, however, shows that the Putin has chosen to forestall change with the help of foreign aggression.
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