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TIE

3 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big too short
(min 4)
Super Big too short
(min 4)

TIE is a valid 3-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic Boggle, though it's too short for Big and Super Big (which need four-letter words).

Word family

TIES-s 1 TYING 2 TIED-d 1 TIEING-ing 3
noun
  1. A knot; a fastening.
  2. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
  3. A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
  4. A lace-up shoe.
    • Oxford ties; Derby ties
  5. A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
  6. A connection between people or groups of people, especially a strong connection.
    • the sacred ties of friendship or of duty
    • the ties of allegiance; the ties that bind
    • Occasions that reinforce the ties of kindred.
  7. A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
    • Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes.
  8. USA horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
  9. The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
    • It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score.
  10. The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
  11. USAn equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
  12. UKA meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
    • The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957.
  13. A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
  14. phonetictranscriptionA curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.
  15. One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
  16. A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
  17. A connection between two vertices.
  18. A tiewig.
verb
  1. transitiveTo twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
    • Tie this rope in a knot for me, please.
    • Tie the rope to this tree.
  2. transitiveTo form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
    • Tie a knot in this rope for me, please.
  3. transitiveTo attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
    • Tie him to the tree.
  4. figurativelysometimestransitiveTo secure (something) by string or the like.
    • Tie your shoes.
  5. ambitransitiveTo have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
    • They tied for third place.
    • They tied the game.
  6. UStransitiveTo have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
    • He tied me for third place.
  7. To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
  8. UScolloquialdatedTo believe; to credit.
  9. transitiveIn the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.