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CANARIES

8 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

CANARIES is a valid 8-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 11 in Super Big Boggle.

CANARIES root CANARY

Word family

CANARY 3 CANARYING-ing 11 CANARIED 11
noun
  1. countableuncountableA small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
  2. countableuncountableAny of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
  3. countableinformaluncountableA female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
  4. countableslanguncountableAn informer or snitch; a squealer.
  5. countableuncountableA light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
  6. countableslanguncountableA (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (nembutal).
  7. AustraliacountableinformaluncountableA yellow sticker applied by the police to a vehicle to indicate it is unroadworthy.
  8. countableuncountableAny test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
  9. countableuncountableA value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.
  10. countableuncountableA change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.
  11. countableuncountableA light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
  12. countableuncountableA lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
  13. UKcountableobsoleteslanguncountableA sovereign (coin).
  14. countableuncountableA previously-issued ticket, retained by a ticket-seller, conductor or driver and resold to a subsequent passenger as a means of defrauding the transport company.
  15. UKcountableobsoleteslanguncountableA prisoner or convict.
adjective
  1. Of a light yellow colour.
verb
  1. intransitiveTo dance nimbly (as in the canary dance).
  2. slangTo inform or snitch, to betray secrets, especially about illegal activities.
  3. To test a software change by rolling out to a small set of machines or users before making it available to all.