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SPANNER

7 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 5 pts
Big 5 pts
Super Big 5 pts

SPANNER 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

SPANNERS-s 11
noun
  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKA hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.
    • Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more bolt to screw in.
  2. CanadaCommonwealthIrelandUKUSAny of certain types of such a tool that have a pin or hook to engage the driven object.
    • The groove in this toolholder is what the spanner grabs onto when you are changing the tool.
  3. rareOne who, or that which, spans.
  4. A (usually sparse) graph whose shortest path distances approximate those in a dense graph or other metric space.
  5. A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.
  6. obsoleteA device in early steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.
  7. IrelandUKA problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase spanner in the works)
    • Halfway through the production of Macbeth, the director found that the stage was smaller than he expected. This really threw a spanner in the works.
  8. IrelandUKderogatorymildlyA stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.
    • You spanner, Rodney! I wanted some time, not a bunch of thyme!
verb
  1. To use a spanner; to fix with a spanner