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SILKS

5 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

SILKS 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.

SILKS root SILK-s

Word family

SILK 1 SILKING-ing 5 SILKED-ed 3
noun
  1. uncountableA fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
    • We harvested a load of silk from the silkworm farm.
  2. countableuncountableA thread or yarn made from silk fibers.
    • This is sewn from silk.
  3. countableuncountableA fine, soft cloth woven from silk yarn or thread.
    • I'll buy a couple yards of silk.
  4. countableuncountableA pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.
    • She's a master with the silks.
  5. countableuncountableA parachute.
  6. countableuncountableAn article of clothing made from silk cloth.
    • He's wearing his silk.
  7. countableuncountableThe garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.
  8. countableuncountableThe gown worn by a Senior (i.e., Queen's/King's) Counsel.
  9. colloquialcountablefigurativelymetonymicallyuncountableA Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel.
  10. countableuncountableAnything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize or the seed covering of bombaxes.
verb
  1. intransitiveTo develop silk.
  2. transitiveTo remove the silk from (corn).