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RIVET

“RIVET” is a valid word.

8 Scrabble points
9 Words with Friends
5 letters

Definition

noun

  1. ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
  2. heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together

verb

  1. direct one's attention on something
  2. fasten with a rivet or rivets
  3. hold (someone's attention)

< 5-letter words: RIVET

4-letter words 6

  • tirehoop that covers a wheel
  • ritean established ceremony prescribed by a religion
  • tiera relative position or degree of value in a graded group
  • vert
  • vier
  • rivetear or be torn violently

3-letter words 7

  • tieneckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
  • veta doctor who practices veterinary medicine
  • revrate of revolution of a motor
  • viecompete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
  • rei
  • irea strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
  • retplace (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue

2-letter words 5

  • itthe branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
  • era trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
  • rea rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
  • et
  • tia light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite