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CHIMES

6 letters

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Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

CHIMES is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.

CHIMES root CHIME-s

Word family

CHIME 2 CHIMING 5 CHIMED-d 3
noun
  1. A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
    • Hugo had a recording of someone playing the chimes against a background of surf noise that she found calming.
    • Sylvia was a chime player in the school orchestra.
  2. An individual ringing component of such a set.
    • Peter removed the C♯ chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath.
  3. A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
    • The professor had stuffed a wad of gum into the chime of his doorbell so that he wouldn't be bothered.
  4. The sound of such an instrument or device.
    • The copier gave a chime to indicate that it had finished printing.
    • Chimes sing Sunday morn.
  5. A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
    • Strike the bell with the brass chime hanging on the chain next to it.
  6. alternativeAlternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”).
verb
  1. intransitiveTo make the sound of a chime.
    • The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking.
    • I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon.
  2. transitiveTo cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
  3. transitiveTo utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
  4. intransitiveTo agree; to correspond.
    • The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.
  5. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.