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CANT

4 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

CANT is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

CANTS-s 2 CANTING-ing 5 CANTED-ed 3 KANT 1

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

CANTINGS 11 CANTINGLY 11
noun
  1. countableusuallyAn argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
    • He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger.
  2. countableuncountableusuallyA private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
  3. uncountableusuallyA language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
  4. derogatoryuncountableusuallyEmpty, hypocritical talk.
  5. uncountableusuallyWhining speech, such as that used by beggars.
  6. countableusuallyA blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.
  7. obsoleteuncountableusuallyA call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
  8. obsoleteSide, edge, corner, niche.
    • under the cant of a hill
  9. Slope, the angle at which something is set.
  10. A corner (of a building).
  11. An outer or external angle.
  12. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
  13. A movement or throw that overturns something.
  14. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
    • to give a ball a cant
  15. A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
  16. A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
  17. A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
  18. An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.
  19. dialectalA parcel, a division.
verb
  1. intransitiveTo speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
  2. intransitiveTo speak in set phrases.
  3. intransitiveTo talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
  4. intransitiveOf a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
  5. obsoleteTo sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
  6. transitiveTo set (something) at an angle; to tilt.
    • to cant a cask
    • to cant a ship
  7. transitiveTo give a sudden turn or new direction to.
    • to cant round a stick of timber
    • to cant a football
  8. transitiveTo bevel an edge or corner.
  9. transitiveTo overturn so that the contents are emptied.
  10. obsoletetransitiveTo divide or parcel out.
adjective
  1. UKdialectalLively, lusty.