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BROACH

6 letters

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

BROACH 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

BROACHES-es 11 BROACHING-ing 11 BROACHED-ed 11
noun
  1. A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
  2. A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
  3. alternativeAlternative spelling of brooch.
  4. A spit for cooking food.
  5. An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
  6. UKdialectalA spire rising from a tower.
  7. A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
  8. The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
  9. The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
verb
  1. transitiveTo make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
  2. transitiveTo open, to make an opening into; to pierce.
    • French knights at Agincourt were unable to broach the English line.
  3. figurativelytransitiveTo begin discussion about (something).
    • I broached the subject of contraceptives carefully when the teenager mentioned his promiscuity.
  4. intransitiveTo be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
    • The small boat broached and nearly sank, because of the large waves.
  5. transitiveTo cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).
    • Each time we came around into the wind, the sea broached our bow.
  6. intransitiveTo break the surface of the water.