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CORK

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

CORK 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

CORKS-s 2 CORKING-ing 5 CORKED-ed 3
noun
  1. uncountableThe dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
  2. countableuncountableThe phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
  3. countableuncountableA bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
    • Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face when the cork is made of plastic.
  4. countableuncountableAn angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
  5. countableuncountableThe cork oak, Quercus suber.
  6. An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.
verb
  1. transitiveTo seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
  2. transitiveTo blacken (as) with a burnt cork.
  3. To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
  4. To fill with cork.
  5. transitiveTo tamper with (a bat) by drilling out part of the head and filling the cavity with cork or similar light, compressible material.
    • He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.
  6. AustraliatransitiveTo injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
    • The vicious tackle corked his leg.
  7. To position one's drift net just outside of another person's net, thereby intercepting and catching all the fish that would have gone into that person's net.
  8. transitiveTo block (a street) illegally, to allow a protest or other activity to take place without traffic.
  9. To perform such a maneuver.
adjective
  1. Having the property of a head over heels rotation.