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THREAD

6 letters

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Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

THREAD 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

THREADS-s 5 THRID 2 THREADING-ing 11 THREADED-ed 11
noun
  1. A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
  2. A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
  3. Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
    • the threads of a spiderweb
  4. A slender stream of water.
    • a thread of water
  5. The line midway between the banks of a stream.
  6. A screw thread.
  7. The continuing course of life; the thread of life.
  8. A line of reasoning, sequence of ideas, or train of thought.
    • I’ve lost the thread of what you’re saying.
  9. A continuing theme that modifies the whole discourse.
    • All of these essays have a common thread.
  10. A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
  11. InternetA series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.
  12. A sequence of connections.
  13. A precarious condition; something that which offers no real or otherwise perceived security.
    • a life hanging by a thread
  14. figurativelyobsoleteThe degree of fineness; quality; nature.
verb
  1. transitiveTo pass a thread through the eye of a needle.
  2. transitiveTo fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; to string.
  3. figurativelytransitiveTo make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).
    • to thread through narrow passages
    • I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.
  4. figurativelytransitiveTo cautiously make (one's way) through a precarious place or situation.
    • He threaded his way through legal entanglements.
  5. figurativelytransitiveTo pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.
  6. transitiveTo interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.
  7. transitiveTo form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).
    • to thread a bolt
  8. ambitransitiveTo remove (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle.
    • to thread your eyebrows and trim them
  9. ambitransitiveTo feed (a sewing machine or otherwise a projecting or exposing mechanism, such as a projector, a camera, etc.) with film.
  10. transitiveTo pass (a film or tape) through a projector, recorder, etc. so as to correct its path.
  11. intransitiveOf boiling syrup: To form a threadlike stream when poured from a spoon.