tether

tether is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 8 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 9 · Words With Friends 8 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits.
2. transitive verb. To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits.
3. noun. restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

   Synonyms: lead, leash

4. verb. tie with a tether

   "tether horses"

Synonyms

lead, leash

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tether:

hetter

Common word forms

tethers, tethered, tethering

Words from these letters

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