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CHAIN

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

CHAIN is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

CHAINS-s 3 CHAINING-ing 11 CHAINED-ed 5

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CHAINE 3 CHAINES 5
noun
  1. A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
    • He wore a gold chain around the neck.
    • The anchor is connected to the boat with a 100-metre long chain.
  2. A series of interconnected things.
    • a chain of mountains
    • a chain of ideas, one leading to the next
    • This led to an unfortunate chain of events.
  3. A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
    • That chain of restaurants is expanding into our town.
  4. physicalA number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
    • side chain
    • When examined, the molecular chain included oxygen and hydrogen.
  5. A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
  6. A long measuring tape.
  7. A unit of length, exactly equal to 22 yards, which is 4 rods or 100 links, and approximately equal to 20.12 metres; the length of a Gunter's surveying chain; the length of a cricket pitch.
  8. A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
  9. A formal sum of cells in a CW complex of a certain dimension k (in which case the formal sums are called k'''-chains); a formal sum of simplices or cubes of a certain dimension in a simplical complex or cubical complex (respectively).
  10. broadlyAn element of a group (or module) in a chain complex.
  11. UKA sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).
  12. That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
    • the chains of habit
  13. Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
  14. A livery collar, a chain of office.
  15. The warp threads of a web.
verb
  1. transitiveTo fasten something with a chain.
    • You should chain your bicycle to the railings to protect it from being stolen.
  2. figurativelyTo connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings
    • Sometimes I feel like I'm chained to this computer.
    • She's been chained to her principles since she was 18, it's unlikely you can convince her otherwise.
  3. intransitiveTo link multiple items together.
  4. transitiveTo secure someone with fetters.
  5. transitiveTo obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
  6. figurativelyTo obligate.
  7. To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
  8. To be chained to another data item.
  9. transitiveTo measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
  10. raretransitiveTo load and automatically run (a program).