Boggledygook

Boggle Word Finder

CRINGE

6 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

CRINGE 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

CRINGES-s 5 CRINGING 11 CRINGED-d 5

Might be on the same board

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

CRINGINGS 11 CRINGINGLY 11
verb
  1. intransitiveTo cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
    • He cringed as the bird collided with the window.
  2. figurativelyintransitiveTo experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
  3. intransitiveTo bow or crouch in servility.
  4. figurativelyintransitiveTo act in an obsequious or servile manner.
  5. obsoletetransitiveTo draw (a body part) close to the body; also, to distort or wrinkle (the face, etc.).
  6. obsoletetransitiveTo bow or crouch to (someone) in servility; to escort (someone) in a cringing manner.
noun
  1. countableA gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).
    • He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk.
  2. countablefigurativelyAn act or disposition of servile obeisance.
  3. UKcountabledialectalA crick (“painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body”).
  4. derogatoryslanguncountableThings, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment.
    • Bro... you just posted cringe
    • There was so much cringe in that episode!
adjective
  1. derogatoryslangSynonym of cringeworthy or uncool, inducing awkwardness or secondhand embarrassment.
    • Brands trying to appeal to young people with memes is the most cringe thing ever.
interjection
  1. derogatoryslangStated in response to something cringeworthy.