slide

VERBNOUN /slaɪd/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH S

slide is a valid 5-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1L1I1D2E1
1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 =6 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 12TRIPLE WORD → 18
MEANING

What does slide mean?

VERB · 3 SENSES
1

Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner.

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RELATED
2

Move smoothly along a surface.

3

To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly.

SYNONYMS
RELATED
NOUN · 7 SENSES
1

(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale.

“the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides”

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2

The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it.

“his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill”

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3

Sloping channel through which things can descend.

4

Plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide.

5

A transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector.

6

A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study.

7

(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

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AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of slide

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