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BAILIFF

7 letters

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Classic 5 pts
Big 5 pts
Super Big 5 pts

BAILIFF 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.

Word family

BAILIFFS-s 11
noun
  1. historicalA reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.
  2. UKA high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge and removable by the Lord Chancellor.
  3. UKA bound bailiff: a deputy bailiff charged with debt collection.
  4. USAny law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order.
  5. A huissier de justice or other foreign officer of the court acting as either a process server or as courtroom security.
  6. obsoleteA king's man: any officer nominated by the English Crown.
  7. historicalSynonym of hundredman: The chief officer of a hundred in medieval England.
  8. The title of the mayor of certain English towns.
  9. The title of the castellan of certain royal castles in England.
  10. The chief justice and president of the legislature on Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
  11. The High Bailiff of the Isle of Man.
  12. obsoleteA bailie: an alderman in certain Scottish towns.
  13. historicalAn appointee of the French king administering certain districts of northern France in the Middle Ages.
  14. historicalA head of a district ("bailiwick") of the Knights Hospitaller; a head of one of the national associations ("tongues") of the Hospitallers' headquarters on Rhodes or Malta.
  15. historicalA landvogt in the medieval German states.
  16. historicalA steward: the manager of a medieval manor charged with collecting its rents, etc.
  17. historicalAn overseer: a supervisor of tenant farmers, serfs, or slaves, usually as part of his role as steward (see above).
  18. historicalThe foreman or overman of a mine.
  19. UKslangAny debt collector, regardless of his or her official status.