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KEY

3 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big too short
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Super Big too short
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KEY is a valid 3-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic Boggle, though it's too short for Big and Super Big (which need four-letter words).

Word family

KEYS-s 1 KEYING-ing 3 KEYED-ed 2 CAY 1

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KEYINGS 5
noun
  1. countableAn object designed to open and close a lock or to activate or deactivate something, especially a length of metal inserted into a narrow opening on the lock to which it is matched (keyed).
    • This key is to the backdoor.
    • insert the key into the lock (formal); put the key in the lock (informal)
    • apartment key; room key; spare key
  2. countableA card or fob that electronically signals a lock to open.
    • My hotel room key is a card.
    • The gym will give you a fob that opens the door.
  3. countablefigurativelyA piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
  4. InternetcountableA password restricting access to an IRC channel.
  5. countableAny of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, which have a specialized end that matches a fixture, analogously to a lock's key.
    • The exterminator will bring a key thingy that can open the bait boxes.
    • Safe-deposit boxes open with a special key.
  6. A cotter pin.
  7. A piece of wood used as a wedge.
  8. The last board of a floor when laid down.
  9. A keystone.
  10. That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and that holds the rest in place.
  11. A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
  12. figurativelyA crucial step or requirement.
    • Persistence is the key to solving this problem.
    • The key to winning that game is your strategy at the beginning.
  13. broadlyfigurativelyAn idea, theory or observation that explains, justifies or renders (something) comprehensible.
    • The key to his proposal is that he thinks this company is dying and needs radical change.
  14. figurativelyA deciding factor.
    • Her charm is the key to her success.
  15. A small guide explaining symbols, abbreviations or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
    • map key
    • The key says that A stands for the accounting department.
  16. A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
    • Some students cheated by using the key.
  17. A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon; a taxonomic key.
  18. A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
  19. In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
  20. One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
    • Press the Escape key.
    • A key; B key, etc.
  21. In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
    • piano key
  22. In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
  23. A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
    • the key of B-flat major
  24. The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
  25. In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
  26. In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
  27. In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
  28. figurativelyThe general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
  29. broadlyfigurativelyA modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
  30. An item of decor shaped like a key.
  31. An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
  32. The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
    • He shoots from the top of the key.
  33. The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck, which features an image of a key.
  34. The overall color tone of a painting or other visual art, with a high key indicating generally light colors and a low key indicating generally dark colors.
  35. The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
  36. A color to be masked or made transparent.
  37. historicalA manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
  38. The degree of roughness, or the ability of a surface to retain an applied liquid, such as paint or glue.
    • The door panel should be sanded down carefully to provide a good key for the new paint.
  39. One of a string of small islands.
    • the Florida Keys
  40. slangA kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
  41. alternativeAlternative form of quay.
  42. A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
adjective
  1. usuallyIndispensable, supremely important.
    • He is the key player on his soccer team.
  2. usuallyImportant, salient.
    • She makes several key points.
verb
  1. To fit (a lock) with a key.
  2. To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
  3. To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
  4. To depress (a telegraph key).
  5. To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
  6. (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
  7. colloquialTo vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
    • He keyed the car that had taken his parking spot.
  8. To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
  9. intransitiveTo be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
  10. transitiveTo modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
  11. To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
  12. To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
  13. To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
  14. To provide an arch with a keystone.
  15. abbreviationclippingClipping of chromakey.