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BOOTSTRAPS

10 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 20 pts

BOOTSTRAPS is a valid 10-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 20 in Super Big Boggle.

BOOTSTRAPS root BOOTSTRAP-s

Word family

BOOTSTRAP 11 BOOTSTRAPPING-ping 11 BOOTSTRAPPED-ped 11
noun
  1. A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.
  2. figurativelyA means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid.
    • He used his business experience as a bootstrap to win voters.
  3. The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory.
  4. The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.
  5. Any method or instance of estimating properties of an estimator (such as its variance) by measuring those properties when sampling from an approximating distribution.
verb
  1. To help (oneself) without the aid of others.
    • Sam spent years bootstrapping himself through college.
  2. To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot.
  3. To compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of a system or program.
  4. broadlyTo build or put together (something) by first building or putting together the tools, building blocks, ideas, etc., necessary to build (the thing).
  5. To employ a bootstrap method.
  6. To expand or advance an activity or a collection based solely on previous actions, work, findings, etc.