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APPREHEND

9 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 18 pts

APPREHEND is a valid 9-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 18 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

APPREHENDS-s 11 APPREHENDING-ing 11 APPREHENDED-ed 11
verb
  1. transitiveTo be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
  2. transitiveTo acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
  3. transitiveTo take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
  4. transitiveTo have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
  5. transitiveTo anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
  6. alsoarchaicfigurativelyobsoletetransitiveTo seize or take (something); to take hold of.
  7. transitiveTo seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
    • Officers apprehended the suspect two streets away from the bank.
  8. obsoletetransitiveTo feel (something) emotionally.
  9. obsoletetransitiveTo learn (something).
  10. alsofigurativelyobsoletetransitiveTo take possession of (something); to seize.
  11. intransitivetransitiveTo be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
  12. intransitivetransitiveTo understand.
  13. intransitivetransitiveTo be apprehensive; to fear.