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COIL

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

COIL is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

COILS-s 2 COILING-ing 5 COILED-ed 3
noun
  1. Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
    • the sinuous coils of a snake
  2. colloquialAny intrauterine device for contraception (originally coil-shaped).
  3. A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
  4. A cylinder of clay.
  5. figurativelyEntanglement; perplexity.
  6. A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
  7. informalslangA wad of cash.
verb
  1. To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
    • A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart.
  2. To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
    • The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.
  3. To wind cylindrically or spirally.
    • to coil a rope when not in use
    • The snake coiled itself before springing.
  4. To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
  5. obsoleterareTo encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.