10 Letter Words for Thimblerig
thimblerig
8 Letter Words for Thimblerig
blighter, embright, mightier, therblig, thrimble
7 Letter Words for Thimblerig
belight, bigtime, bilgier, blither, gilbert, gimblet, legitim, lighter, limbier, limiter, miltier, relight, relimit, rightle, thimber, thimble, timbrel
6 Letter Words for Thimblerig
begilt, begrim, berith, betrim, bilith, birlie, birthe, blight, blithe, bright, brigit, gerbil, ghibli, gibier, gibleh, giblet, gimble, gimbri, gimlet, greith, hermit, hitler, libget, liebig, limber, limbie, limier, lither, milter, mither, mitier, riblet, riglet, thible, timber, timbre
5 Letter Words for Thimblerig
bergh, berth, bight, bilge, bimli, birle, birth, biter, blier, bligh, blirt, blite, breth, brite, brith, eight, emigr, ermit, gerim, gibel, giber, gibli, giher, gilet, gilim, gimel, girth, gitim, gleir, gleit, glime, greit, grime, grith, hermi, imber, ither, legit, liber, libre, libri, liger, light, limbi, limer, limit, liter, lithe, lithi, meith, mergh, meril, merit, might, miler, milit, mirth, miter, mtier, rebit, relig, remit, rhime, rigel, right, rigil, rithe, their, therm, thirl, tiber, tiger, tiler, timbe, timer, tribe
4 Letter Words for Thimblerig
belt, berg, berm, beth, bhel, bier, bile, biri, birl, birt, bite, biti, blet, blit, brei, bret, brie, brig, brim, brit, eigh, elhi, emir, emit, erth, geir, geit, gerb, germ, gibe, gile, gilt, gire, giri, girl, girt, gite, gith, glei, glib, glim, glit, gret, grim, grit, heii, heil, heir, heli, helm, heml, herb, herl, herm, hert, higi, hile, hili, hilt, hire, htel, html, ilth, imbe, imit, itel, item, iter, lehr, leir, lgth, libr, lier, lige, limb, lime, lire, liri, lite, lith, liti, melt, meri, merl, meth, mile, milt, mire, miri, mite, mtge, regt, reim, reit, rhet, ribe, riel, riem, rile, rime, rite, tehr, teil, teli, term, theb, them, thig, thir, tier, tige, tile, time, tire, tirl, trib, trie, trig, trim
3 Letter Words for Thimblerig
beg, bel, ber, bet, big, bim, bit, blt, bmr, brl, btl, eir, elb, eli, elm, elt, erg, ert, eth, geb, gel, gem, ger, get, gib, gie, gim, git, glb, glt, gmt, gte, hei, hel, hem, her, het, hgt, hie, him, hir, hit, ibm, ihi, ile, imi, ire, leg, lei, lem, ler, let, lhb, lib, lie, lig, lim, lir, lit, ltm, ltr, meg, meh, mei, mel, mer, met, mgr, mgt, mhg, mib, mig, mil, mir, mit, mri, mtg, rbi, reb, reg, reh, rei, rel, rem, rhb, rhe, rib, rie, rig, rim, rit, rle, rte, rti, teg, tel, tem, ter, thb, the, thm, tib, tie, tig, til, tim, tlr, tmh, tri, trm
Definitions for Thimblerig
[1] a sleight-of-hand swindling game in which the operator palms a pellet or pea while appearing to cover it with one of three thimblelike cups, and then, moving the cups about, offers to bet that no one can tell under which cup the pellet or pea lies.
[2] to cheat by or as by the thimblerig.
[3] a game in which the operator rapidly moves about three inverted thimbles, often with sleight of hand, one of which conceals a token, the other player betting on which thimble the token is under
[4] (tr) to cheat or swindle, as in this game
Words nearby Thimblerig
thigmotropism, thill, thimble, thimbleberry, thimbleful, thimblerig, thimbleweed, thimblewit, thimbu, thimerosal, thimphu
Origin of Thimblerig
First recorded in 1815–25; thimble + rig
Other words from Thimblerig
thim·ble·rig·ger , noun
Word origin for Thimblerig
C19: from thimble + rig (in obsolete sense: a trick, scheme)
Synonyms for Thimblerig
bunco game, con game, thimblerigging
