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FIDDLE

6 letters

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Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

FIDDLE 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.

Word family

FIDDLES-s 5 FIDDLING 11 FIDDLED-d 5
noun
  1. A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow (see also usage notes below).
    • When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like that, it's a violin.
  2. proscribedusuallyAny of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
  3. A violinist, or fiddler, in a band.
    • He is first fiddle in the band.
  4. A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument.
  5. A long pole pulled by a draft animal to drag loose straw, hay, etc.
  6. A rack for drying pottery after glazing.
  7. figurativelyA clown; an unserious person entertaining a group.
  8. figurativelyinformalA scam; a fraud or swindle.
    • There was some kind of fiddle going on at that company, and several of the directors were arrested.
  9. figurativelyinformalA workaround; a quick and less than perfect solution for some flaw or problem.
    • That parameter setting is just a fiddle to make the lighting look right.
  10. figurativelyinformalAn act of tinkering, playing around, or fidgeting with something.
  11. especiallyAny rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.
  12. UKobsoleteslangAn arrest warrant.
  13. UKobsoleteslangA watchman's rattle.
  14. UKobsoleteslangA trifling amount.
    • Done at a fiddle.
verb
  1. intransitiveTo play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style.
    • to fiddle while Rome burns
  2. informaltransitiveTo fraudulently manipulate (records, accounts, etc.) in order to cheat or swindle.
    • Fred was sacked when the auditors caught him fiddling the books.
  3. intransitiveTo fidget or play; to fuss; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness; see also fiddle with.
    • Sit up straight and stop fiddling!
  4. informalintransitiveSynonym of tinker (“to make small adjustments or improvements”); see also fiddle with.
    • I don't exactly know how to fix this lawnmower; I'm really just fiddling.
  5. UKintransitiveobsoleteslangTo do odd jobs for money.
interjection
  1. Synonym of fiddlesticks or euphemism for fuck.
    • Oh, fiddle. I left my whip in the stable.