splice

splice is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope. Face value is 10 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 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
2. transitive verb. To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
3. transitive verb. To unite in marrige.
4. noun. A junction or joining made by splicing.
5. noun. joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together
6. noun. a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together

   "the break was due to an imperfect splice"

   Synonyms: splicing

7. verb. join by interweaving strands

   "Splice the wires"

8. verb. join together so as to form new genetic combinations

   "splice genes"

9. verb. join the ends of

   "splice film"

10. verb. perform a marriage ceremony

    "The minister married us on Saturday"

    "We were wed the following week"

    Synonyms: marry, tie, wed

Synonyms

splicing, marry, tie, wed

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in splice:

clipse

Common word forms

spliced, splicer, splices, splicing, spliceable

Words from these letters

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