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BORE

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

BORE is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

BORES-s 2 BORING 3 BORED-d 2

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

BOREE 2 BOREES 3 BORINGS 5 BORINGLY 11
verb
  1. transitiveTo inspire boredom in somebody.
    • to bore someone to death
    • Reading books really bores me; films are much more exciting.
  2. transitiveTo make a hole through something.
  3. intransitiveTo make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
    • to bore for water or oil
    • An insect bores into a tree.
  4. transitiveTo form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
    • to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole
  5. transitiveTo make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
    • to bore one’s way through a crowd
  6. intransitiveTo be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
    • This timber does not bore well.
  7. intransitiveTo glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
    • Their eyes bore into my back.
  8. slangtransitiveTo push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
  9. intransitiveTo push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
  10. obsoleteTo fool; to trick.
noun
  1. A hole drilled, bored, or milled through something.
    • the bore of a cannon
  2. The diameter of such a hole.
  3. especiallyThe diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine or compressor.
    • The bore times the stroke times the number of cylinders equals displacement.
  4. The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
  5. A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
  6. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
  7. The place where such a well exists.
  8. One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
    • My neighbour is such a bore when he talks about his coin collection.
  9. Something dull or uninteresting.
    • What a bore that movie was! There was no action, and the dialogue was totally uncreative.
  10. Calibre; importance.
  11. A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.