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SHACKLE

7 letters

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Classic 5 pts
Big 5 pts
Super Big 5 pts

SHACKLE is a valid 7-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 5 in Classic, 5 in Big, and 5 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

SHACKLES-s 11 SHACKLING 11 SHACKLED-d 11
noun
  1. A restraint fitted over a human or animal appendage, such as an ankle, finger, or wrist, normally used in a pair joined by a chain.
    • The prisoner lay in shackles in his gloomy cell.
  2. broadlyA U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism, used for attaching things together while allowing for some degree of movement; a clevis.
  3. broadlyPart of a padlock that consists of a loop of metal (round or square in cross section) that encompasses what is being secured by the lock.
  4. broadlyA hook, ring, or other device for connecting, holding, lifting, etc.; specifically (nautical), a small incomplete ring secured with a bolt across the ends, used to connect lengths of cable or chain together, or to keep a porthole closed.
  5. broadlySynonym of hobble or hopple (“a short strap tied between the legs of a horse, allowing it to wander a short distance but not to run off”).
  6. broadlyA link for connecting railroad cars; a draglink, drawbar, or drawlink.
  7. ScotlandabbreviationarchaicbroadlyellipsisEllipsis of shackle-bone (“wristbone, carpal; wrist”).
  8. broadlyobsoleterareA fetter-like band worn on an appendage as an ornament; an anklet, an armlet, a bracelet, a wristlet.
  9. figurativelyA restraint on one's action, activity, or progress.
  10. A length of cable or chain equal to 12½ fathoms (75 feet or about 22.9 metres), or later to 15 fathoms (90 feet or about 27.4 metres).
  11. UKdialectalA person who is idle or lazy; an idler.
  12. UKdialectalA dice game; also, an event at which tickets are sold for chances to be drawn to win prizes; a raffle.
verb
  1. transitiveTo place (a person or animal) in shackles (noun etymology 1 sense 1); to immobilize or restrain using shackles.
  2. transitiveTo connect or couple (something) to another thing using a shackle (noun etymology 1 sense 1.1.1, etymology 1 sense 1.1.3, etc.).
  3. transitiveTo provide (something) with a shackle.
  4. figurativelytransitiveTo inhibit or restrain the ability, action, activity, or progress of (someone or something); to render (someone or something) incapable or ineffectual.
    • This law would effectively shackle its opposition.
  5. figurativelyobsoletetransitiveTo combine (a substance) with another substance.
  6. intransitivereflexiveOf two things: to connect or couple together.
  7. UKdialectaltransitiveTo rattle or shake (something).
  8. UKdialectaltransitiveTo put (something) into disorder; specifically (agriculture), to cause (standing stalks of corn) to fall over.
  9. UKdialectalintransitiveOften followed by about: to be idle or lazy; to avoid work.