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PORTS

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

PORTS 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.

PORTS root PORT-s

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noun
  1. countableuncountableA place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
  2. countableuncountableA town or city containing such a place, a port city.
  3. uncountableThe left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
  4. countableuncountableA sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
    • Each eight has four ports and four starboards.
  5. ScotlandhistoricalAn entryway or gate.
  6. An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
  7. A small medical appliance installed beneath the skin, connected to a vein by a catheter, and used to inject drugs or to draw blood samples.
  8. A narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through.
  9. An opening where a connection (such as with a pipe) is made.
  10. An opening with a valve seat such that a valve can control the flow of fluid through the opening.
  11. A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  12. A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
  13. alsoA number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service.
  14. Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
  15. archaicThe manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.
  16. The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
  17. A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting.
    • Gamers can't wait until a port of the title is released on the new system.
    • The latest port of the database software is the worst since we made the changeover.
  18. A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
  19. countableuncountableA type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
  20. A suitcase or schoolbag.
  21. informalThe portfolio of a model or artist.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.
    • on the port side
verb
  1. imperativetransitiveTo turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
    • Port your helm!
  2. To dock at a port.
  3. transitiveTo carry, bear, bring, or transport. See porter.
  4. transitiveTo hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lies diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
    • Port arms!
  5. transitiveTo adapt, modify, or recode to work on a different platform.
  6. ergativeTo carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one service provider to another.
  7. USTo transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.