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WINCH

5 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

WINCH 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.

Word family

WINCHES-es 5 WINCHING-ing 11 WINCHED-ed 5
noun
  1. A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hoisting or hauling on a rope or cable.
  2. A hoisting device used for loading or unloading cargo, or for pulling in lines.
  3. A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).
  4. A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness.
  5. NigeriaslangA witch.
verb
  1. To use a winch
    • Winch in those sails, lad!
  2. To wince; to shrink
  3. To kick with impatience or uneasiness.
  4. Scotlandambitransitivecolloquialto court
  5. Scotlandambitransitivecolloquialto kiss, snog