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ABSORB

6 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

ABSORB is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.

verb
  1. transitiveTo include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
  3. transitiveTo suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
  4. intransitiveTo be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.
    • The drops of water slowly absorbed into the dry sponge.
  5. transitiveTo take in energy and convert it.
    • Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.
  6. transitivein receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.
  7. transitivein receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.
  8. transitivetaking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.
  9. transitiveTo engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
  10. transitiveTo occupy or consume time.
  11. transitiveTo assimilate mentally.
    • If we fail to absorb the lessons of history, we are doomed to repeat them.
  12. transitiveTo assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
  13. transitiveTo defray the costs.
    • I’ll absorb the charge for the window replacement.
  14. transitiveTo accept or purchase in quantity.