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TAPE

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

TAPE is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

TAPES-s 2 TAPING 3 TAPED-d 2
noun
  1. countableuncountableFlexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
    • Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.
    • I sealed up the box with clear shipping tape.
  2. countableuncountableThin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
    • We made some decorative flowers out of the tape we bought.
  3. countableuncountableFinishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
    • Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record.
  4. countableuncountableMagnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
    • Did you get that on tape?
  5. broadlycountableinformaluncountableAny video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
  6. countableinformaluncountableAn unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.
    • Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight.
  7. countableuncountableThe series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
    • Don’t fight the tape.
  8. countableuncountableThe wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick.
    • His pass was right on the tape.
  9. countablehistoricaluncountableA strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.
  10. UKcountableobsoleteslanguncountableLiquor, alcoholic drink, especially gin or brandy. (Especially in prison slang or among domestic servants and women.)
    • white tape, Holland tape, blue tape (gin); red tape (brandy or wine)
  11. abbreviationclippingcountableuncountableClipping of red tape (“time-consuming bureaucratic procedures”).
verb
  1. To bind with adhesive tape.
    • Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it.
  2. To record, originally onto magnetic tape.
    • You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.
  3. informalTo understand, figure out.
    • I've finally got this thing taped.