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TUCKS

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

TUCKS is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

TUCKS root TUCK-s

Word family

TUCK 1 TUCKING-ing 5 TUCKED-ed 3
verb
  1. transitiveTo pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
  2. transitiveTo push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe, or handy, or somewhat hidden.
    • Tuck in your shirt. I tucked in the sheet. He tucked the $10 bill into his shirt pocket.
    • She tucked her hair behind her ear.
  3. intransitiveoftenTo eat; to consume.
  4. ergativeTo fit neatly.
    • The sofa tucks nicely into that corner.
    • Kenwood House is tucked into a corner of Hampstead Heath.
  5. To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.
    • The diver tucked, flipped, and opened up at the last moment.
  6. To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.
    • to tuck a dress
  7. To full, as cloth.
  8. ambitransitiveOf a drag queen, trans woman, etc., to conceal one's penis and testicles, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape.
    • Honey, have you tucked today? We don't wanna see anything nasty down there.
  9. To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing piano keys that are outside the thumb (when playing scales).
  10. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Mach tuck.
    • Never take a first-generation Learjet past Mach 0.82; it'll tuck hard nose-down and you won't be able to pull out from the dive.
noun
  1. countableuncountableAn act of tucking; a pleat or fold.
  2. countableuncountableA fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.
  3. countableuncountableA curled position.
  4. countableuncountableA plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.
    • tummy tuck
  5. countableuncountableThe act of keeping the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
  6. countableuncountableA curled position, with the shins held towards the body.
  7. countableuncountableThe afterpart of a ship, immediately under the stern or counter, where the ends of the bottom planks are collected and terminate by the tuck-rail.
  8. IndiaUKdateduncountableFood, especially snack food.
  9. archaicA rapier, a sword.
  10. The beat of a drum.