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SHAFT

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

SHAFT 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

SHAFTS-s 3 SHAFTING-ing 11 SHAFTED-ed 5

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SHAFTINGS 11
noun
  1. obsoleteThe entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
  2. The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
    • Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered.
  3. broadlyAnything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
  4. One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.
  5. A rotating machine element used to transmit power; a driveshaft
  6. The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
    • Sarah, if you wear gloves your hands might not slip on your shaft and you can up your game, girl!
  7. literaryA beam or ray of light.
    • Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?
  8. The main axis of a feather.
    • I had no idea that they removed the feathers' shafts to make the pillows softer!
  9. A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.
    • Your grandfather used to work with a crane hauling ore out of the gold mine's shafts.
  10. A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.
    • Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft.
  11. A ventilation or heating conduit.
    • Our parrot flew into the air duct and got stuck in the shaft.
  12. Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
  13. The main cylindrical part of the penis.
    • The female labia minora is homologous to the penis shaft skin of males.
  14. The chamber of a blast furnace.
  15. A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
  16. A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
  17. slangAn act of sexual intercourse.
verb
  1. slangtransitiveTo fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.
    • Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that.
  2. transitiveTo equip with a shaft.
  3. slangtransitiveTo fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.
    • Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend.