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bore

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Is bore a Scrabble word?

Yes, bore is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of bore?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.Examples: "to bore someone to death"; "Reading books really bores me; films are much more exciting."; "He bores me with some trick."transitive

2. (transitive) To make a hole through something.Examples: "I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored."; "On June 8, 1872, the London & North Western Railway obtained powers to quadruple its main line, and a new tunnel was bored for the up and down slow lines."Synonyms: make a holetransitive

3. (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.Examples: "to bore for water or oil"; "An insect bores into a tree."intransitive

4. (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.Examples: "to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole"; "short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the insect can bore […] a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood"transitive

5. (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.Examples: "to bore one’s way through a crowd"; "What bustling crowds I bored."transitive

6. (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.Examples: "This timber does not bore well."intransitive

verb (English)

1. (colloquial) past participle of bearExamples: "Q. When the Fireſhip appeared to be going down towards the Real, do you think that the Dorſetſhire could have bore down in Time, to have covered and aſſiſted her?"; "[…] by altering their course a very little, and easily have bore down abreast of our settlement, without incurring the smallest risk!"; "The end of the 20th century and the start of the new millennium have bore witness to a remarkable revolution in the way parasite/host biological interactions can be conceptually designed and experimentally studied."colloquialform-ofparticiplepast

2. (proscribed) simple past of bareform-ofpastproscribed

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "bore"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "bore"?

Scrabble
6 points
B3
O1
R1
E1
Words With Friends
7 points
B4
O1
R1
E1

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