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BOY

3 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big too short
(min 4)
Super Big too short
(min 4)

BOY 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

BOYS-s 1 BOI 1 BOYING-ing 3 BOYED-ed 2
noun
  1. countableuncountableA male child.
    • Kieran plays football with other boys in his school.
  2. broadlycountableinformaluncountableA young man.
    • Kate is dating a boy named Jim.
  3. broadlycountablediminutiveespeciallyuncountableA son of any age.
  4. broadlycountablediminutiveendearinguncountableA male human younger than the speaker.
  5. broadlycountablederogatoryinformalmildlysometimesuncountableA male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).
    • boys' club
  6. broadlycountableobsoleteuncountableA male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.
  7. broadlycountableuncountableA male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly
  8. broadlycountableuncountableA younger such worker.
  9. broadlycountablehistoricaloffensiveuncountableA non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.
  10. broadlycountableobsoleteuncountableA male camp follower.
  11. broadlycountableoffensiveuncountableAny non-white male, regardless of age.
  12. broadlycountableespeciallyinformaluncountableA male friend.
    • hanging with my boys
  13. countableuncountableA male submissive.
  14. countableuncountableA male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog.
    • C'mere, boy! Good boy! Who's a good boy?
    • Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?
  15. countablehistoricaluncountableA former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
  16. USslanguncountableHeroin.
  17. childishcountableoftenuncountableA male (tree, gene, etc).
  18. colloquialcountableendearinguncountableAny tangible object close to one's person; often used in emphatic forms such as bad boy.
    • This boy can really kick!
interjection
  1. Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.
    • Boy, that was close!
    • Boy, that tastes good!
    • Boy, I wish I could go to Canada!
verb
  1. transitiveTo act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage).