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BAN

3 letters

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Classic 1 pts
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Super Big too short
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BAN 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

BANS-s 1 BANNING-ning 5 BANNED-ned 3 BANI-i 1
verb
  1. transitiveTo prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
    • Bare feet are banned in this establishment.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo summon; to call out.
  3. transitiveTo anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
  4. transitiveTo curse; to execrate.
  5. ambitransitiveTo curse; to utter curses or maledictions.
noun
  1. A prohibition.
  2. A public proclamation or edict; also, a summons by public proclamation, and in early use especially a summons to arms.
  3. The gathering of the (French) king’s vassals for war; the whole body of vassals assembled this way, or liable to be summoned; originally the same as arriere-ban, but distinct since the 16th century, following French usage—see arriere-ban.
  4. obsoleteA curse or anathema.
  5. A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
  6. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu.
  7. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.
  8. A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.
  9. A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.