Boggle Word Finder
ADOPT
✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✓
Classic
2
pts
Big
2
pts
Super Big
2
pts
ADOPT 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.
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verb
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transitiveTo take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
- A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.
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transitiveTo obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
- We're going to adopt a Dalmatian.
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transitiveTo contribute towards the upkeep of (a child or animal), in exchange for occasional stories, pictures, etc.
- We adopted an elephant at the local zoo.
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transitiveTo take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
- This supermarket chain adopts several families every Yuletide, providing them with money and groceries for the holidays.
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transitiveTo take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
- He adopted a new look in order to fit in with his new workmates.
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transitiveTo select and take or approve.
- to adopt the view or policy of another
- These are resolutions that were adopted.
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slangtransitiveTo beat an opponent ten times in a row.
- The match was not even close; the IM made amateurish blunders and ended up getting adopted.
noun
- abbreviationclippinginformaltransitiveClipping of adoptable.