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CHECKS

6 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

CHECKS is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.

CHECKS root CHECK-s

Word family

CHECK 2 CHECKING-ing 11 CHECKED-ed 5
noun
  1. An inspection or examination.
    • I don't know if she will be there, but it's worth a check.
  2. A control; a limit or stop.
    • checks and balances
    • The castle moat should hold the enemy in check.
  3. A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
  4. USA mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
  5. USAn order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
    • I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a check for the amount.
  6. USA bill, particularly in a restaurant.
    • I summoned the waiter, paid the check, and hurried to leave.
  7. A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
    • The hockey player gave a good hard check to obtain the puck.
  8. A token used instead of cash in various contexts, including sign-out of company property or collection of rations (dated), in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
    • a brass check
  9. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
  10. A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
    • a check given for baggage
    • a return check on a railroad
  11. The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
  12. A small chink or crack.
  13. A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
    • The tablecloth had red and white checks.
  14. Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
  15. IndiaPakistanalternativeAlternative form of chick (“window blind or door screen”).
verb
  1. transitiveTo inspect; to examine.
    • Check the oil in your car once a month.
    • Check whether this page has a watermark.
  2. transitiveTo verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
  3. USoftentransitiveTo mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
    • Check the items on the list that interest you.
    • Check the correct answer to each question.
  4. transitiveTo control, limit, or halt.
    • Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation.
  5. informaltransitiveTo scold or rebuke someone.
  6. transitiveTo verify or compare with a source of information.
    • Check your data against known values.
  7. transitiveTo leave in safekeeping.
    • Check your hat and coat at the door.
  8. transitiveTo leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
    • Check your bags at the ticket counter before the flight.
  9. transitiveTo pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
    • He checked the ball and then proceeded to perform a perfect layup.
    • That basket doesn't count—you forgot to check!
  10. transitiveTo disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
    • The hockey player checked the defenceman to obtain the puck.
  11. transitiveTo announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
    • Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked.
  12. transitiveTo make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
    • After I checked my opponent with a pawn, he resigned immediately.
  13. transitiveTo chide, rebuke, or reprove.
  14. To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
  15. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
  16. transitiveTo make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
    • The sun checks timber.
  17. intransitiveTo make a stop; to pause.
  18. obsoleteTo clash or interfere.
  19. To act as a curb or restraint.
  20. To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
  21. intransitiveTo check out, make sense or prove to be the case after verification or interrogation.
  22. transitiveTo mark with a check pattern.
interjection
  1. An expression showing that a requirement has been satisfied.
    • Keys? Check. Batteries? Check. We are all ready to go!
  2. An expression that indicates that the speaker wishes to pay the bill (e.g. in a restaurant).
adjective
  1. possiblyrareChecky, i.e. chequy.