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ASH

3 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big too short
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Super Big too short
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ASH is a valid 3-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic Boggle, though it's too short for Big and Super Big (which need four-letter words).

Word family

ASHES-es 2 ASHING-ing 3 ASHED-ed 2
noun
  1. countableuncountableSolid remains of a fire.
    • The audience was more captivated by the growing ash at the end of his cigarette than by his words.
    • Ash from a fireplace can restore minerals to your garden's soil.
    • Ashes from the fire floated over the street.
    • Ash from the fire floated over the street.
    • The family collected the ashes after burning the body.
  2. countableuncountableThe nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
  3. countableuncountableFine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
  4. countableuncountableHuman (or animal) remains after cremation.
    • The urn containing his ashes was eventually removed to a closet.
  5. archaiccountableuncountableMortal remains in general.
    • Napoleon’s ashes are not yet extinguished, and we’re breathing in their sparks.
  6. countablefigurativelyuncountableWhat remains after a catastrophe.
  7. countableuncountableA gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.
  8. countableuncountableThe resultant remaining more stable patterns that emerge from the evolution of a soup or a similarly random pattern.
  9. countableuncountableA shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.
    • The ash trees are dying off due to emerald ash borer.
    • The woods planted in ash will see a different mix of species.
  10. countableuncountableAny tree of certain species of other genera.
  11. uncountableThe wood of this tree.
  12. countableuncountableThe traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.
  13. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of aush.
verb
  1. ambitransitiveTo reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
  2. AustraliaambitransitiveTo hit the end off (a burning cigar or cigarette).
  3. transitiveTo mark (someone) with an ashen cross on the forehead to observe Ash Wednesday.
  4. obsoleteTo cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
adverb
  1. InternetabbreviationAbbreviation of as hell or as heck.