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CHINK

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

CHINK 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

CHINKS-s 3 CHINKING-ing 11 CHINKED-ed 5
noun
  1. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
  2. A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.
    • I noticed a chink of light under the door.
  3. A chip or dent in something metallic.
    • The warrior saw a chink in her enemy's armor, and aimed her spear accordingly.
  4. figurativelyA vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
    • The chink in the theory is that the invaders have superior muskets.
  5. countableA slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.
  6. archaiccolloquialdateduncountableReady money, especially in the form of coins.
  7. alternativeAlternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”).
  8. Alternative letter-case form of Chink.
verb
  1. transitiveTo fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
    • to chink a wall
  2. intransitiveTo crack; to open.
  3. transitiveTo cause to open in cracks or fissures.
  4. intransitiveTo make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
    • The coins were chinking in his pocket.
  5. transitiveTo cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
  6. alternativeAlternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”).