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ANIMATES

8 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

ANIMATES is a valid 8-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 11 in Super Big Boggle.

ANIMATES root ANIMATE-s

adjective
  1. That lives.
  2. That has (or is believed to have) a spirit (anima) and/or some amount of consciousness and sentience, either being alive or supernaturally seeming alive.
  3. Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
  4. Dynamic, energetic.
    • She is an engaging and animate speaker.
  5. having a referent that is considered alive (this generally includes humans, animals and deities, sometimes also plants, spirits, etc.)
    • Nouns can be singular or plural, and one of two genders, animate or inanimate.
  6. Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
verb
  1. transitiveTo impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
    • leaves animated by a stiff breeze
    • If we animate the model, we can see the complexity of the action.
  2. transitiveTo give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.