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BUTTERFISHES

12 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 24 pts

BUTTERFISHES is a valid 12-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 24 in Super Big Boggle.

BUTTERFISHES root BUTTERFISH-es

Word family

BUTTERFISH 11
noun
  1. Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
  2. A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
  3. The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
  4. obsoleteThe Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=6308&SynCode=26048&GenusName=Maccullochella&SpeciesName=macquariensis, http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Maccullochella-macquariensis.html.
  5. informalA sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).