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BATTENS

7 letters

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

BATTENS 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.

BATTENS root BATTEN-s

Word family

BATTEN 3 BATTENING-ing 11 BATTENED-ed 11

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Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

BATTENER 11 BATTENERS 11 BATTENINGS 11
verb
  1. obsoletetransitiveTo cause (an animal, etc.) to become fat or thrive through plenteous feeding; to fatten.
  2. obsoleteraretransitiveTo enrich or fertilize (land, soil, etc.).
  3. intransitiveTo become better; to improve in condition; especially of animals, by feeding; to fatten up.
  4. intransitiveOf land, soil, etc.: to become fertile; also, of plants: to grow lush.
  5. intransitiveFollowed by on: to eat greedily; to glut.
  6. figurativelyintransitiveFollowed by on: to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others.
    • Robber barons who battened on the poor
  7. figurativelyintransitiveTo gloat at; to revel in.
  8. figurativelyintransitiveTo gratify a morbid appetite or craving.
  9. transitiveTo furnish (something) with battens (noun etymology 2, noun sense 1).
  10. transitiveChiefly followed by down: to fasten or secure (a hatch, opening, etc.) using battens (noun etymology 2, noun sense 2.2).
adjective
  1. obsoleteSynonym of battle (“of grass or pasture: nutritious to cattle or sheep; of land (originally pastureland) or soil: fertile, fruitful”).
noun
  1. A plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, to provide a fixing point, to strengthen, or to prevent warping.
  2. specificallyA strip of wood holding a number of lamps; especially (theater), one used for illuminating a stage; (by extension, also attributive) a long bar, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system and used to support curtains, scenery, etc.
  3. specificallyA long, narrow strip, originally of wood but now also of fibreglass, metal, etc., used for various purposes aboard a ship; especially one attached to a mast or spar for protection, one holding down the edge of a tarpaulin covering a hatch to prevent water from entering the hatch, one inserted in a pocket sewn on a sail to keep it flat, or one from which a hammock is suspended.
  4. specificallyThe movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.