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fret
noun
1. A headdress, worn by women of the Middle Ages, consisting of interlaced wire.
2. A hole or worn spot made by abrasion or erosion.
3. An ornamental design consisting of repeated and symmetrical geometric figures, often in relief, contained within a band or border. Also called key pattern.
4. Irritation of mind; agitation.
5. One of several ridges set across the fingerboard of a stringed instrument, such as a guitar.
verb
1. To eat or gnaw into .
2. To make by wearing away a substance .
3. To cause to suffer emotional strain .
4. To pass (as time) in .
5. To eat into something.
verb-intransitive
1. To be vexed or troubled; worry. See Synonyms at brood.
2. To be worn or eaten away; become corroded.
3. To gnaw with the teeth in the manner of a rodent.
4. To move agitatedly.
verb-transitive
1. To cause to be uneasy; vex: "fret thy soul with crosses and with cares” ( Edmund Spenser).
2. To disturb the surface of (water or a stream); agitate.
3. To form (a passage or channel) by erosion.
4. To gnaw or wear away; erode.
5. To press (the strings of an instrument) against the frets.
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Top Words by points |
Points |
Word Game |
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fret | 7 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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ef | 5 |
er | 2 |
et | 2 |
fe | 5 |
re | 2 |
te | 2 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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eft | 6 |
fer | 6 |
fet | 6 |
ref | 6 |
ret | 3 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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fret | 7 |
reft | 7 |
tref | 7 |