shaft
shaft is a valid 5-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
What does shaft mean?
An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
“she threw shafts of sarcasm”
A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer.
A long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow).
A long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel.
A vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator).
The hollow spine of a feather.
A revolving rod that transmits power or motion.
A column of light (as from a beacon).
The main (mid) section of a long bone.
(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column.
Obscene terms for penis.
A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon.
Equip with a shaft.
Defeat someone through trickery or deceit.
Anagrams of shaft
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