probe

probe is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 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 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe.
2. transitive verb. Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly.
3. noun. An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc.
4. noun. an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity
5. noun. an exploratory action or expedition
6. noun. a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities
7. noun. an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

   "there was a congressional probe into the scandal"

   Synonyms: investigation

8. verb. question or examine thoroughly and closely

   Synonyms: examine

9. verb. examine physically with or as if with a probe

   "probe an anthill"

Synonyms

investigation, examine

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in probe:

rebop

Common word forms

probed, prober, probes, probeer, probing, probeable

Words from these letters

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