Bolting

Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:14 pts7 letters
Definition of Bolting

verb

  1. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.

    "Bolt the vice to the bench."

  2. To secure a door by locking or barring it.

    "Bolt the door."

  3. To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.

    "Seeing the snake, the horse bolted."

  4. To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).

    "to bolt a rabbit"

  5. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.

verb

  1. To sift, especially through a cloth.
  2. To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.

    "Graham flour is unbolted flour."

  3. To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
  4. To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.

noun

  1. A sifting, as of flour or meal.
  2. A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court.
Anagrams of Bolting

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "bolting":

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "bolting" and rearranging:

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Bolting"

Bolting is a 7-letter word that scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "bolting" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Bolting" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "bolting" is a medium-scoring word.