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BEACON

6 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

BEACON is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

BEACONS-s 5 BEACONING-ing 11 BEACONED-ed 11
noun
  1. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
  2. A signal, buoy, post, or other conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners, particularly to warn vessels of danger.
  3. A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
  4. figurativelyThat which gives notice of danger, hope, etc., or keeps people on the correct path; a source of inspiration.
    • a beacon of hope
  5. An electronic device that broadcasts a signal to nearby portable devices, enabling smartphones etc. to perform actions when in physical proximity to the beacon.
  6. InternetabbreviationellipsisEllipsis of web beacon.
verb
  1. intransitiveTo act as a beacon.
  2. transitiveTo give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
  3. transitiveTo furnish with a beacon or beacons.