Definition of holes

"holes" in the noun sense

1. hole

an opening into or through something

2. hole

an opening deliberately made in or through something

3. hole, golf hole

one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course

"he played 18 holes"

4. hole

an unoccupied space

5. hole, hollow

a depression hollowed out of solid matter

6. hole

a fault

"he shot holes in my argument"

7. fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish

informal terms for a difficult situation

"he got into a terrible fix"

"he made a muddle of his marriage"

8. trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob

informal terms for the mouth

"holes" in the verb sense

1. hole, hole out

hit the ball into the hole

2. hole

make holes in

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Quotations for holes

Foxes dig not their own holes. [ Proverb ]

It will be long enough ere you wish your skin full of oilet holes. [ Proverb ]

There are very many things that men, when their cloaks have got holes in them, dare not say. [ Juv ]

Since you have been a correcting of me, I have told a hundred and twenty holes in your grater. [ Proverb ]

The more weakness the more falsehood; strength goes straight; every cannon-ball that has in it hollows and holes goes crooked; weaklings must lie. [ Richter ]

Superstition is inherent in man's nature; and when we think it is wholly eradicated, it takes refuge in the strangest holes and corners, whence it peeps out all at once, as soon as it can do so with safety. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

holes in Scrabble®

The word holes is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

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holes in Words With Friends™

The word holes is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

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Words within the letters of holes

2 letter words in holes (6 words)

3 letter words in holes (6 words)

4 letter words in holes (7 words)

5 letter words in holes (1 word)

Word Growth involving holes

Shorter words in holes

hole

Longer words containing holes

airholes

armholes

blockholes

boltholes

boreholes

breathingholes

bulletholes

buttonholes

cholescintigraphy

cholestases

cholestasis

cholestatic

cholesteric

cholesterinuria

cholesterogenesis

cholesterol anticholesterol

cholesterol cholesterolaemia cholesterolaemias hypercholesterolaemias

cholesterol cholesterolaemia hypercholesterolaemia hypercholesterolaemias

cholesterol cholesterolemia cholesterolemias hypercholesterolemias

cholesterol cholesterolemia hypercholesterolemia hypercholesterolemias

cholesterol cholesterolemia hypocholesterolemia

cholesterol cholesterolfree

cholesterol cholesterollike

cholesterol cholesterols isocholesterols

cholesterol cholesterols oxycholesterols

cholesterol cholesteroluria

cholesterol hypercholesterolemic

cholesterol isocholesterol isocholesterols

cholesterol oxycholesterol oxycholesterols

cholestyramine cholestyramines

chugholes

coalholes

cubbyholes

dholes feedholes

dholes mudholes

earholes

echoless

eyeholes

fingerholes

foxholes

gullyholes

gunkholes

hawseholes

hellholes

keyholes

kneeholes

knotholes

loopholes

manholes

mouseholes

peepholes

pestholes

pigeonholes

pinholes

pitchholes

plugholes

portholes

postholes

potholes

ratholes

rudderholes

shotholes

sinkholes

snakeholes

spyholes

stokeholes

tapholes

thumbholes

trapholes

ventholes

waterholes

wellholes

wholes blowholes

wholes wholesale wholesaled

wholes wholesale wholesaler wholesalers

wholes wholesale wholesales

wholes wholesaling

wholes wholesome unwholesome unwholesomely

wholes wholesome unwholesome unwholesomeness

wholes wholesome wholesomely unwholesomely

wholes wholesome wholesomeness unwholesomeness

wormholes