bore: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with B · ends with E
Meaning of bore
verb
- transitive
To inspire boredom in somebody.
Example: to bore someone to death
- transitive
To make a hole through something.
- intransitive
To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
Example: to bore for water or oil
- transitive
To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
Example: to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole
Listed forms: bores, boring, bored.
Source: Wiktionary — bore.
noun
A hole drilled, bored, or milled through something.
Example: the bore of a cannon
- Australia
A borehole sunk into an artesian basin to provide a source of water.
The diameter of such a hole.
- especially
The diameter of such a hole. The diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine or compressor.
Example: The bore times the stroke times the number of cylinders equals displacement.
Listed forms: bores.
Source: Wiktionary — bore.
noun
A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
Listed forms: bores.
Source: Wiktionary — bore.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for bore.
noun
a person who evokes boredom
noun
a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
noun
diameter of a tube or gun barrel
noun
a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
- bore-hole
- drill hole
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is bore in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of bore
B(3) + O(1) + R(1) + E(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of bore
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from bore
9 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in bore. Showing up to 24, longest first.