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ATHWART

7 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 5 pts
Big 5 pts
Super Big 5 pts

ATHWART is a valid 7-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 5 in Classic, 5 in Big, and 5 in Super Big Boggle.

adverb
  1. From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.
    • Above, the stars appeared to move slowly athwart.
    • We placed one log on the ground, and another athwart, forming a crude cross.
  2. Across the path of something, so as to impede progress.
    • a fleet standing athwart our course
  3. figurativelyAgainst the anticipated or appropriate course of something; improperly, perversely, wrongly.
preposition
  1. From one side to the other side of; across.
    • The stars moved slowly athwart the sky.
  2. Across the course or path of, so as to meet; hence (figuratively), to the attention of.
  3. Across the course or path of, so as to oppose.
  4. figurativelyAcross; through.
  5. figurativelyOpposed to.
  6. Across the line of a ship's course, or across its deck.
    • The damaged mainmast fell athwart the deck, destroying the ship’s boat.