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CANDLING

8 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

CANDLING 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.

CANDLING root CANDLE

Word family

CANDLE 3 CANDLES-s 5 CANDLED-d 5
noun
  1. A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
    • light a candle
    • blow out the candles on the birthday cake
    • snuff out the candle
  2. The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
  3. obsoleteA unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
  4. A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.
  5. idiomaticIndicates how high or low church something is by height on the candle.
    • That vicar used to be an evangelical, but she's crept up the candle in recent years.
verb
  1. transitiveTo observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
  2. transitiveTo dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
  3. transitiveTo check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.