thread

VERBNOUN /θrɛd/
6 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH T

thread is a valid 6-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
T1H4R1E1A1D2
1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 =10 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 20TRIPLE WORD → 30
MEANING

What does thread mean?

VERB · 5 SENSES
1

Thread on or as if on a string.

“thread dried cranberries”

SYNONYMS
NARROWER
RELATED
2

To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.

NARROWER
3

Pass a thread through.

“thread a needle”

RELATED
4

Pass through or into.

“thread tape”

“thread film”

5

Remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string.

“She had her eyebrows threaded”

NOUN · 4 SENSES
1

The connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together.

“he lost the thread of his argument”

2

A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving.

SYNONYMS
BROADER
3

Any long object resembling a thin line.

“from the air the road was a grey thread”

“a thread of smoke climbed upward”

SYNONYMS
NARROWER
RELATED
4

The raised helical rib going around a screw.

SYNONYMS
BROADER
AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of thread

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