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BURNISH

7 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 5 pts
Big 5 pts
Super Big 5 pts

BURNISH is a valid 7-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 5 in Classic, 5 in Big, and 5 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

BURNISHES-es 11 BURNISHING-ing 11 BURNISHED-ed 11

Might be on the same board

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

BURNISHER 11 BURNISHERS 11 BURNISHABLE 11 BURNISHINGS 11 BURNISHMENT 11 BURNISHMENTS 11
verb
  1. transitiveTo make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
    • In pottery, a stone is sometimes used to burnish a pot before firing, giving it a smooth, shiny look.
  2. transitiveOf a stag: to remove the velvet (“skin and fine fur”) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet.
  3. figurativelytransitiveTo make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.
  4. intransitiveTo become bright, glossy, and smooth; to brighten, to gleam, to shine forth.
  5. Of a person's body: to grow large or stout; to fatten, to fill out.
  6. broadlyOf a thing: to increase in size; to expand, to spread out, to swell.
noun
  1. countableuncountableA shine of something which has been polished; a lustre, a polish.
  2. countableuncountableA shiny layer applied to a surface or other thing.
  3. uncountableThe making of something bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; (countable) an instance of this; a burnishing, a polishing, a shining.
    • With a good burnish, the old table should fetch a higher price.