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ANCHOR

6 letters

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Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

ANCHOR 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.

Word family

ANCHORS-s 5 ANCHORING-ing 11 ANCHORED-ed 11
noun
  1. A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
  2. An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached.
  3. The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
  4. Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
  5. Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.
  6. InternetA marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
  7. A line of code in a program which acts as a reference point for further code to be added immediately before or after, usually via copy and paste.
  8. An anchorman or anchorwoman.
  9. The final runner in a relay race.
  10. A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
  11. A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
  12. figurativelyThat which gives stability or security.
  13. A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
  14. USA screw anchor.
  15. Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
  16. One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
  17. One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
  18. The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
  19. slangThe brake of a vehicle.
  20. A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.
  21. A batter who remains in for a long time.
  22. A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.
  23. obsoleteAn anchorite or anchoress.
  24. alternativeAlternative form of anker.
verb
  1. To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
  2. To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
    • Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
  3. To stop; to fix or rest.
  4. To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
  5. To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
  6. To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.