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SCREW

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

SCREW 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.

Word family

SCREWS-s 3 SCREWING-ing 11 SCREWED-ed 5

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SCREWINGS 11
noun
  1. A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
  2. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
  3. A ship's propeller.
  4. An Archimedes screw.
  5. A steam vessel propelled by a screw instead of wheels.
  6. The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side.
  7. derogatoryslangA prison guard.
  8. derogatoryslangAn extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.
  9. USdatedslangAn instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.
  10. slangvulgarSexual intercourse; the act of screwing.
  11. slangvulgarA casual sexual partner.
  12. archaicslangSalary, wages.
  13. Backspin.
  14. datedA twist of paper, especially one containing a small quantity of a material such as salt or tobacco.
    • Before potato crisps were sold pre-salted each packet would contain a screw of salt.
  15. datedAn old, worn-out, unsound and worthless horse.
  16. A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated. It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.
  17. An amphipod crustacean.
    • the skeleton screw (Caprella)
    • the sand screw
  18. informalRheumatism.
verb
  1. transitiveTo connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
  2. ambitransitiveslangvulgarTo have sexual intercourse with.
  3. slangtransitiveTo cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.
  4. transitiveTo extort or practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.
  5. transitiveTo contort.
  6. transitiveTo miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.
  7. To screw back.
  8. USdatedslangTo examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination.
  9. USdatedimperativeintransitiveoftenslangTo leave; to go away; to scram.
  10. colloquialimperativemildlytransitivevulgarUsed to express great displeasure with, or contemptuous dismissal of, someone or something.
    • Screw those jerks, and screw their stupid rules!
  11. colloquialtransitiveTo give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
    • Screw the homework for now.
    • Screw him, let's run.