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GILLS

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

GILLS 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.

GILLS root GILL-s

Word family

GILL 1 GILLING-ing 5 GILLED-ed 3 GHYLL 2
noun
  1. A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
  2. A gill slit or gill cover.
    • Gill nets are designed to catch a fish by the gills.
  3. One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, the surface of which bears the spore-producing organs.
  4. The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
  5. figurativelyThe flesh under or about the chin; a wattle.
  6. One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.
  7. A drink measure for spirits and wine, approximately a quarter of a pint, but varying regionally.
  8. UKarchaicA measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint.
  9. USdatedA unit of measure equal to 4 US fluid ounces (half a cup, a quarter of a US pint), approximately 118 milliliters.
  10. UKA rivulet, small stream.
  11. UKA ravine.
  12. A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.
  13. alternativeAlternative form of jill (“a female ferret”).
  14. obsoleteA promiscuous woman; harlot, wanton.
  15. obsoleteA prostitute.
verb
  1. To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it.
  2. transitiveTo catch (a fish) in a gillnet.
  3. intransitiveTo be or become entangled in a gillnet.
  4. obsoleteTo act as a prostitute.