Dictionary Entry
clue
clue is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
- 2noun
That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery.
- 3noun
A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
- 4noun
A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.
- 5noun
A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended.
- 6noun
A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same as Clew.
- 7noun
evidence that helps to solve a problem
- 8noun
a slight indication
Synonyms
- 9verb
roll into a ball
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