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What does keyhole mean? Is keyhole a Scrabble word?

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Is keyhole a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word keyhole is a Scrabble US word. The word keyhole is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

K5E1Y4H4O1L1E1

Is keyhole a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word keyhole is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

K5E1Y4H4O1L1E1

Is keyhole a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word keyhole is a Words With Friends word. The word keyhole is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

K5E1Y3H3O1L2E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

KEYHOLE,

5-letter words (5 found)

HOKEY,HOLEY,HOYLE,KYLOE,YOKEL,

4-letter words (22 found)

EELY,HEEL,HELE,HELO,HOKE,HOLE,HOLK,HOLY,HYKE,HYLE,KEEL,KOEL,KOHL,KYLE,LEEK,LEKE,LOKE,OKEH,YELK,YLKE,YOKE,YOLK,

3-letter words (21 found)

EEK,EEL,EKE,ELK,EYE,HEY,HOE,HOY,HYE,KEY,KYE,LEE,LEK,LEY,LOY,LYE,OKE,OLE,OYE,YEH,YOK,

2-letter words (14 found)

EE,EH,EL,HE,HO,KO,KY,LO,OE,OH,OK,OY,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 64 words from keyhole according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of keyhole

keyhole

English

Etymology

From key +‎ hole.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkiˌhoʊl/

Noun

keyhole (plural keyholes)

  1. The hole in a lock where the key is inserted and turns.
  2. Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond.
    2. A small incision through which surgical instruments can reach into an anatomic space beyond.
      Coordinate term: buttonhole
  3. A circle cut out of a garment as a decorative effect, typically at the front or back neckline of a dress.
  4. (carpentry) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key that fastens them.
  5. (engineering) A mortise for a key or cotter.
  6. (lasers) A transient column of vapor or plasma formed when using high energy beams, such as lasers, for welding or cutting.
  7. (metallurgy) A welding method in which a hole forms in the surface immediately ahead of the puddle in the direction of welding. The hole is filled as the weld progresses.
  8. (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line; key.
  9. (astronomy) A gravitational keyhole.

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Verb

keyhole (third-person singular simple present keyholes, present participle keyholing, simple past and past participle keyholed)

  1. (firearms) To strike a target after wobbling in flight so that the long axis of the bullet does not follow the line of flight, typically due to insufficient spin resulting from the rifling in the barrel.

Derived terms

  • keyhole neckline
  • keyhole surgery
  • keyhole wound

Source: wiktionary.org