string

VERBNOUN /strɪŋ/
6 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH S

string is a valid 6-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1T1R1I1N1G2
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING

What does string mean?

VERB · 7 SENSES
1

Thread on or as if on a string.

“string pearls on a string”

“the child drew glass beads on a string”

SYNONYMS
NARROWER
RELATED
2

Provide with strings.

“string my guitar”

ANTONYMS
3

Remove the stringy parts of.

“string beans”

4

Stretch out or arrange like a string.

5

String together; tie or fasten with a string.

“string the package”

6

Add as if on a string.

“string these ideas together”

“string up these songs and you'll have a musical”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
NOUN · 10 SENSES
1

A collection of objects threaded on a single strand.

2

A linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.).

BROADER
3

A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket.

BROADER
NARROWER
4

A tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod).

BROADER
5

A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding.

“a string of islands”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
6

A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening.

“he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag”

BROADER
NARROWER
7

A necklace made by stringing objects together.

“a string of beads”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
8

A lightweight cord.

SYNONYMS
BROADER
9

(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop.

10

Stringed instruments that are played with a bow.

“the strings played superlatively well”