bight

bight is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. verb. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
2. verb. A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin.
3. verb. The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.
4. noun. the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
5. noun. a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline

   "the Bight of Benin"

   "the Great Australian Bight"

6. noun. a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
7. noun. a loop in a rope
8. verb. fasten with a bight

Common word forms

bights, bighted, bighting

Words from these letters

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