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HOOKS

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

HOOKS 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.

HOOKS root HOOK-s

Word family

HOOK 1 HOOKING-ing 5 HOOKED-ed 3
noun
  1. A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
  2. A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
  3. Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
  4. The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
  5. The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
  6. A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
  7. A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
  8. A snare; a trap.
  9. An advantageous hold.
  10. The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
  11. informalRemoval or expulsion from a group or activity.
    • He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook.
  12. A field sown two years in succession.
  13. informalA grasp (of), an attachment (to).
  14. A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
  15. A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
  16. slangA finesse.
  17. slangA jack (the playing card).
  18. A sharp bend or angle in the course or length of an object (e.g. a bend in a river, etc.).
  19. A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
  20. A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
    • The song's hook snared me.
  21. informalA ship's anchor.
  22. Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
    • We've added hooks to allow undefined message types to be handled with custom code.
  23. An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
  24. A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
  25. rareA háček.
  26. A curveball.
    • He threw a hook in the dirt.
  27. a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
  28. A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
  29. a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
    • The heavyweight delivered a few powerful hooks that staggered his opponent.
  30. A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
  31. A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
  32. The amount of spin placed on a bowling ball.
  33. AustraliaCanadaAny of the chevrons denoting rank.
  34. slangA prostitute.
  35. UKobsoleteslangA pickpocket.
  36. Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”).
  37. historicalA knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.
verb
  1. transitiveTo attach a hook to.
    • Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.
  2. intransitiveTo become attached, as by a hook.
    • The utensil holder hooks onto the side of the dishrack.
  3. transitiveTo catch with a hook (hook a fish).
    • He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.
  4. transitiveTo work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
  5. transitiveTo insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
    • He hooked his fingers through his belt loops.
  6. transitiveTo ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
    • She's only here to try to hook a husband.
    • A free trial is a good way to hook customers.
  7. UKUSarchaicslangTo steal.
  8. transitiveTo connect (hook into, hook together).
    • If you hook your network cable into the jack, you'll be on the network.
  9. To make addicted; to captivate.
    • He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth.
    • I watched one episode of that TV series and now I'm hooked.
  10. To acquire as a spouse.
  11. To play a hook shot.
  12. To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
  13. To use the hockey stick to trip or block another player
    • The opposing team's forward hooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty.
  14. To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
  15. intransitiveslangTo engage in prostitution.
    • I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window.
  16. To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
  17. slangTo finesse.
  18. transitiveTo seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
  19. intransitiveTo bend; to be curved.
  20. intransitiveTo move or go with a sudden turn.