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CORNER

6 letters

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

CORNER 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.

Word family

CORNERS-s 5 CORNERING-ing 11 CORNERED-ed 11
noun
  1. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
    • The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.
  2. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
    • The chimney corner was full of cobwebs.
  3. The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
    • Herbert bruised his shin on the corner of the coffee table.
  4. An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
    • The liquor store on the corner also sold lottery tickets.
  5. MaineThe neighborhood surrounding an intersection of rural roads.
  6. attributiveDenoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets.
    • corner store, corner deli, corner newsagent
  7. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
    • Shining a light in the dark corners of the mind. I took a trip out to his corner of town.
  8. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
    • On weekends, Emily liked to find a quiet corner and curl up with a good book.
  9. An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
  10. A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
    • In the 1970s, private investors tried to get a corner on the silver market, but were ultimately unsuccessful.
  11. figurativelyComplete control or ownership of something.
  12. One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
    • The pitch was just off the corner, low and outside.
  13. First base or third base.
    • There are runners on the corners with just one out.
  14. A corner kick.
  15. A cornerback.
  16. The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.
  17. broadlyThe group of people who assist a boxer during a bout.
  18. A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
    • Welcome to our English corner.
  19. obsoleteA point scored in a rubber at whist.
  20. One who corns, or preserves food in salt.
verb
  1. transitiveTo drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.
    • The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.
  2. transitiveTo trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
    • The reporter cornered the politician by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position on mandatory sentencing, in light of the politician's own actions in court.
  3. transitiveTo put (someone) in an awkward situation.
  4. transitiveTo get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.
    • The buyers attempted to corner the shares of the railroad stock, so as to facilitate their buyout.
    • It's extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players.
  5. transitiveTo turn a corner or drive around a curve.
    • As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.
  6. intransitiveTo handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
    • That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.
  7. transitiveTo supply with corners.
interjection
  1. Spoken by service staff such as waiters when walking around a corner, to warn other staff and prevent a collision.