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CLINCHED

8 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

CLINCHED 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.

CLINCHED root CLINCH-ed

Word family

CLINCH 3 CLINCHES-es 11 CLINCHING-ing 11

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CLINCHINGLY 11
verb
  1. To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
  2. To clasp; to interlock.
  3. To fasten securely or permanently.
  4. To make certain; to finalize.
    • I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.
  5. To hold firmly; to clench
  6. To set closely together; to close tightly.
    • to clinch the teeth or the fist
  7. To hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to avoid being hit while resting momentarily
  8. To secure a spot (e.g., at the divisional championship) before the end of regular season play by having an insurmountable lead.
  9. To embrace passionately.
noun
  1. Any of several fastenings.
  2. The act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed.
  3. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.
    • to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon
    • to secure anything by a clinch
  4. obsoleteA pun.
  5. A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
  6. A passionate embrace.
  7. The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
  8. archaicslangA prison sentence.