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SIEVE

“SIEVE” is a valid word.

8 Scrabble points
9 Words with Friends
5 letters

Definition

noun

  1. a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

verb

  1. examine in order to test suitability
  2. check and sort carefully
  3. separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

< 5-letter words: SIEVE

4-letter words 4

  • visea holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
  • eves(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
  • viescompete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
  • vees

3-letter words 6

  • seethe seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
  • eve(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
  • viecompete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
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2-letter words 3

  • ishave the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  • sia tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
  • esa radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons