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CLARION

7 letters

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Classic 5 pts
Big 5 pts
Super Big 5 pts

CLARION is a valid 7-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 5 in Classic, 5 in Big, and 5 in Super Big Boggle.

noun
  1. historicalpoeticA medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound.
    • The clarion’s call to action has been heard.
  2. broadlypoeticThe sound of a clarion (sense 1), or any sound resembling the loud, high-pitched note of a clarion.
  3. broadlyAn organ stop consisting of pipes with reeds giving a high-pitched note like that of a clarion (sense 1).
  4. broadlyThe middle register of the clarinet.
  5. A charge thought to represent a type of wind instrument, a keyboard instrument like a spinet, or perhaps a rest used by a knight to support a lance during jousting.
adjective
  1. Of a sound, a voice, a message, etc.: brilliantly clear.
    • her clarion top notes
verb
  1. raretransitiveTo announce or herald (something) using a clarion (noun sense 1).
  2. figurativelyraretransitiveTo announce or herald (something) clearly, especially so as to stir or unite people.
  3. alsofigurativelyraretransitiveOf a thing: to cause (a place) to echo with a sound like that of a clarion.
  4. intransitiverareTo sound a clarion; also, to make a high-pitched, piercing sound like that of a clarion.