socket

socket is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.
2. noun. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.
3. noun. a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
4. noun. receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted
5. noun. a bony hollow into which a structure fits

Common word forms

sockets, socketed, socketful, socketing, socketless

Words from these letters

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