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STINGS

6 letters

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

STINGS 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.

STINGS root STING-s

Word family

STING 2 STINGING-ing 11 STUNG 2 STANG 2

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Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

STINGED 5 STINGINGS 11 STINGINGLY 11
noun
  1. A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
    • Look at this nasty hornet sting: it's turned blue!
  2. A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
    • She died from a bee sting.
  3. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
  4. A sharp, localized pain primarily on the epidermis.
    • That plant will give a little sting if you touch it.
  5. A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.
  6. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
  7. A police operation in which the police pretend to engage in criminal activity in order to catch a criminal.
    • The criminal gang was caught after a successful sting.
  8. A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
  9. A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify the broadcasting station.
  10. A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
  11. figurativelyThe harmful or painful part of something.
  12. A goad; incitement.
  13. The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
verb
  1. ambitransitiveTo hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
  2. transitiveTo puncture with the stinger.
    • A mosquito stung me on the arm.
  3. figurativelyintransitivesometimesTo hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally).
    • My eyes are stinging from the chopped onions.
    • My hand stings after knocking on the door so long.
    • Still, it stung when a slightly older acquaintance asked me why I couldn't do any better.
  4. figurativelyTo cause harm or pain to.
    • I thought I could park in front of the hotel, but they stung me for five pounds!