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ABATE

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

ABATE is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

ABATES-s 3 ABATING 5 ABATED-d 3

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Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

ABATER 3 ABATOR 3 ABATERS 5 ABATORS 5 ABATABLE 11 ABATEMENT 11 ABATEMENTS 11
verb
  1. transitiveTo lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
  2. transitiveTo reduce (something) in amount or size.
  3. transitiveTo cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief.
  4. transitiveTo lower (something) in price or value.
  5. archaictransitiveTo demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure).
  6. archaictransitiveTo give no consideration to (something); to treat as an exception.
  7. archaicfigurativelytransitiveTo dull (an edge, point, etc.); to blunt.
  8. transitiveTo make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify.
    • to abate a writ
  9. transitiveTo put an end to (a nuisance).
    • She was ordered by the court to abate the nuisance.
  10. UStransitiveTo dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
  11. obsoletetransitiveTo curtail or end (something); to cause to cease.
    • to order restrictions to abate an emergency
  12. obsoletetransitiveTo give (someone) a discount or rebate; also, to relieve (someone) of a debt.
  13. obsoletetransitiveTo bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status.
  14. obsoletetransitiveChiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract.
    • We will abate this price from the total.
  15. obsoletetransitiveChiefly followed by of: to deprive (someone or something of another thing).
  16. intransitiveTo decrease in force or intensity; to subside.
  17. intransitiveTo decrease in amount or size.
  18. intransitiveTo lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full.
    • Bequests and legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
  19. archaicfigurativelyintransitiveOf an edge, point, etc.: to become blunt or dull.
  20. historicalintransitiveOf a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect.
    • The writ has abated.
  21. USintransitiveOf legal proceedings: to be dismissed or otherwise brought to an end before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
  22. intransitiveobsoleteTo give a discount or rebate; to discount, to rebate.
  23. intransitiveobsoleteTo bow down; hence, to be abased or humbled.
  24. intransitiveobsoleteChiefly followed by of: to deduct or subtract from.
  25. ambitransitivehistoricalobsoleteTo enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it.
noun
  1. obsoleteuncountableAbatement; reduction; (countable) an instance of this.
  2. obsoleteuncountableDeduction; subtraction; (countable) an instance of this.
  3. obsoleteAn Italian abbot or other member of the clergy.
adjective
  1. obsoleteIn the habit of.