snare
VERBNOUN
/snɜr/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH S
snare is a valid 5-letter word worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1N1A1R1E1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =5 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 10TRIPLE WORD → 15
MEANING
What does snare mean?
VERB · 2 SENSES
1
Catch in or as if in a trap.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
RELATED
2
Entice and trap.
“The car salesman had snared three potential customers”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NOUN · 5 SENSES
1
Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
“it was all a snare and delusion”
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BROADER
NARROWER
2
A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose.
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BROADER
3
A small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head.
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BROADER
4
A surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities.
BROADER
5
Strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit.
BROADER
AT THE BOARD