5 letter words starting with tri

Looking for a clue for todays Wordle or another Word game? Look no further! We got you covered. We got quite a few plausible five letter words starting with tri.

  • TRIAC
  • TRIAD
  • TRIAL
  • TRIBE
  • TRICE
  • TRICK
  • TRIDE
  • TRIED
  • TRIER
  • TRIES
  • TRIFA
  • TRIFF
  • TRIGO
  • TRIGS
  • TRIKE
  • TRILD
  • TRILL
  • TRIMS
  • TRINE
  • TRINS
  • TRIOL
  • TRIOR
  • TRIOS
  • TRIPE
  • TRIPS
  • TRIPY
  • TRIST
  • TRITE

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:

Definition of triad

triad (noun)

  1. A grouping of three.
  2. A word of three syllables.
  3. A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.
  4. On a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
  5. A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale.

Definition of trier

trier (noun)

  1. One who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard.
  2. An instrument used for sampling something.
  3. One who tries judicially.
  4. A person appointed by law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
  5. That which tries or approves; a test.

Definition of trigs

trigs (noun)

  1. A dandy; coxcomb.

trigs (noun)

  1. Trigonometry.
  2. A trigonometric point, trig point.

trigs (noun)

  1. A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
  2. The mark for players at skittles, etc.

trigs (noun)

  1. Triglyceride

trigs (noun)

  1. Triglycerides.

Definition of trips

trips (noun)

  1. A journey; an excursion or jaunt
  2. A stumble or misstep
  3. An error; a failure; a mistake
  4. A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations
  5. A faux pas, a social error
  6. Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition
  7. A mechanical cutout device
  8. A trip-switch or cut-out
  9. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip
  10. A small piece; a morsel; a bit
  11. The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing
  12. A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward

trips (verb)

  1. To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
  2. (sometimes followed by "up") to cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them
  3. To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
  4. To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict
  5. To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch
  6. To be activated, as by a signal or an event
  7. To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs
  8. To journey, to make a trip
  9. To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip
  10. To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free
  11. To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it
  12. (most commonly used in the form tripping) to become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption

trips (noun)

  1. A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
  2. A troop of men; a host
  3. A flock of wigeons

trips (noun)

  1. Three of a kind, especially if one of the three cards is in one's hand and the other two are on the board. Compare set.