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SHIMMY

6 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

SHIMMY is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

SHIMMIES 11 SHIMMYING-ing 11 SHIMMIED 11
noun
  1. A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
  2. A dance that was popular in the 1920s.
  3. An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.
  4. rareA sleeveless chemise.
verb
  1. To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).
  2. To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs).
    • He shimmied up the flagpole.
    • The static made her dress shimmy up her leg.
  3. intransitiveTo vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.
  4. intransitiverareTo shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.
  5. intransitiveTo move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on it along the wall.