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ALLOW

5 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

ALLOW 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

ALLOWS-s 3 ALLOWING-ing 11 ALLOWED-ed 5

Might be on the same board

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

ALLOWABLE 11 ALLOWABLY 11 ALLOWANCE 11 ALLOWEDLY 11 ALLOWABLES 11 ALLOWANCES 11 ALLOWABILITY 11 ALLOWABLENESS 11 ALLOWABILITIES 11 ALLOWABLENESSES 11
verb
  1. ditransitiveTo let one have as a suitable share of something.
    • to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest
  2. intransitiveTo present something as possible or reasonable.
    • The event allows of only one interpretation.
  3. catenativetransitiveTo permit, to give permission to.
    • I will allow my son to be absent.
  4. To not bar or obstruct.
    • Although I don't consent to their holding such meetings, I will allow them for the time being.
    • Smoking (is) allowed only in designated areas.
  5. transitiveTo acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion; to say something one agrees on in the context of a larger disagreement or reluctance.
    • to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow an appeal
    • You must allow that disagreeing about politics puts a strain on a relationship.
    • "Well, that rug does match the wallpaper," he allowed.
  6. transitiveTo grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
    • to allow a sum for leakage
    • How much will you allow on my old jalopy?
  7. transitiveTo make an allowance, to take into account when making plans.
    • When calculating a budget for a construction project, always allow for contingencies.
  8. transitiveTo render physically possible.
  9. obsoletetransitiveTo praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
  10. obsoleteTo sanction; to invest; to entrust.
  11. obsoletetransitiveTo like; to be suited or pleased with.
  12. transitiveTo decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).
    • to allow an objection
    • to allow an appeal
  13. transitiveTo forgo bothering with, to let slide.