cycle

/ˈsaɪ.kəl/
nounverb

An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.

NWL Collins ENABLE Wordle answer list

Noun 4 meanings

  1. An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.

    “the cycle of the seasons, or of the year”

  2. A complete rotation of anything.

  3. A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.

    “electoral cycle menstrual cycle news cycle”

  4. The members of the sequence formed by such a process.

Verb 4 meanings

  1. To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.

  2. To turn power off and back on

    “Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily.”

  3. To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal

    “They have their cycling game going tonight.”

  4. To ride a bicycle or other cycle.

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CYCLE at a glance

CYCLE has 5 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (C 3 + Y 4 + C 3 + L 1 + E 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,421 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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