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ASCENDANTS

10 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 20 pts

ASCENDANTS is a valid 10-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 20 in Super Big Boggle.

ASCENDANTS root ASCENDANT-s

adjective
  1. Moving upward; ascending, rising.
  2. figurativelyControlling, dominant, surpassing.
  3. In an eastern direction rising just above the horizon.
  4. Rising towards the zenith.
  5. Of a part of an organism: synonym of ascending (“leading or sloping upwards”).
  6. archaicobsoleteSynonym of ascending (“of or pertaining to one's ancestors”).
noun
  1. alsofigurativelyThe degree of the zodiac or point of the ecliptic which rises in an eastern direction above the horizon at a particular moment (especially the moment of a person's birth), which is supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's fortune and life; a horoscope.
  2. broadlyChiefly in in the ascendant: an act of ascending or rising.
  3. broadlyfigurativelySynonym of ascendancy (“commanding influence; dominant control; superiority, supremacy”).
    • One man has the ascendant over another.
  4. broadlyAn ancestor.
  5. broadlyobsoleteA person who ascends or goes up; specifically (usually followed by to), a person who ascends to a throne or assumes some other position of power.
    • Given his father’s ghastly demise, one would not expect such glee from the ascendant to his throne.
  6. broadlyobsoleteSomething which is higher than the things around it; a peak, a summit; specifically (typography), synonym of ascender (“the portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline”).
  7. broadlyobsoleteSomething which leads or slopes upwards, such as a flight of stairs or an upward incline.
  8. broadlyobsoleterareA person who supports a policy of ecclesiastical or national supremacy.