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TETHER

6 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

TETHER 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

TETHERS-s 5 TEDDER 3 TETHERING-ing 11 TETHERED-ed 11
noun
  1. A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.
  2. figurativelyThe limit of one's abilities, resources, patience, etc.
    • Since his hours have increased, I feel that he is at the end of his tether.
  3. figurativelyAn attachment to a place, time, entity or person.
    • Despite moving, he maintained a strong tether to his culture back home.
  4. A strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay.
verb
  1. transitiveTo restrict with, or as if with, a tether.
    • The cowboy tethered his horse outside the saloon.
  2. transitiveTo connect to something else.
  3. InternettransitiveTo connect (a smartphone) to a personal computer in order to give the computer access to the phone's Internet connection.
numeral
  1. alternativeAlternative form of tethera.