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DRILL

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

DRILL 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

DRILLS-s 3 DRILLING-ing 11 DRILLED-ed 5

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DRILLINGS 11
verb
  1. transitiveTo create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
    • Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.
  2. intransitiveTo practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
    • They drilled daily to learn the routine exactly.
  3. ergativeTo cause to drill (practice); to train, especially in military arts.
    • The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops.
  4. transitiveTo repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
    • The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions.
  5. figurativelyintransitiveTo investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
    • Drill deeper and you may find the underlying assumptions faulty.
  6. transitiveTo throw, run, hit or kick with a lot of power.
    • He drilled down the court and made a three-pointer.
    • He drilled the ball to his teammate.
  7. To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
  8. slangvulgarTo have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
  9. slangTo shoot; to kill by shooting.
  10. transitiveTo sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
  11. transitiveTo cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
    • waters drilled through a sandy stratum
  12. dialectalobsoletetransitiveTo protract, lengthen out; fritter away, spend (time) aimlessly.
    • Quit purposely drilling out the time hoping that someone else will do your chores.
  13. dialectalobsoletetransitiveTo entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
  14. dialectalobsoletetransitiveTo cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
noun
  1. A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
    • Wear safety glasses when operating an electric drill.
  2. The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
    • Use a drill with a wire brush to remove any rust or buildup.
  3. An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
    • fire drill
    • disaster drill
    • emergency drill
    • Regular drills can ensure that everyone knows how to exit safely in an emergency.
  4. A short and highly repeatable sports training exercise designed to hone a particular skill that may be useful in competition.
    • At today's practice, the football team performed a variety of goalkeeping drills.
  5. Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx and others, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that make holes in the shells of their prey.
  6. uncountableA style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago.
  7. countableA single performance of drill music.
  8. An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.
  9. A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
  10. A row of seed sown in a furrow.
  11. obsoleteA small trickling stream; a rill.
  12. An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
  13. countableuncountableA strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.