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THROES

6 letters

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Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

THROES 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.

THROES root THROE-s

Word family

THROE 2 THROW 2 THROEING-ing 11 THROED-d 3
noun
  1. A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.
  2. The pain of labour or childbirth; the suffering of death.
  3. Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst of feeling; a paroxysm.
  4. figurativelyA hard struggle, especially one associated with the beginning or finishing of a task.
  5. obsoleteSynonym of froe (“a cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of wood”).
verb
  1. obsoletetransitiveTo cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony.
  2. intransitiveobsoleteTo feel throes; to struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.