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DARES

5 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

DARES is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

DARES root DARE-s

Word family

DARE 1 DARING 3 DARED-d 2 DURST 2

Might be on the same board

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

DAREFUL 5 DARINGS 5 DARINGLY 11
verb
  1. intransitiveTo have enough courage (to do something).
    • I wouldn't dare (to) argue with my boss.
    • No one dares (to) criticize his decisions.
    • They daredn't tell me the truth, even though I dared (to) acknowledge my mistake to them.
    • I daren't tell him I've had an affair with another man.
  2. transitiveTo defy or challenge (someone to do something).
    • I dare you to kiss that girl.
  3. transitiveTo have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to.
    • Will you dare death to reach your goal?
  4. transitiveTo terrify; to daunt.
  5. archaictransitiveTo drive larks to the ground by scaring them (for instance, with mirrors or hawks) so they can be caught in nets.
  6. obsoleteTo stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified.
  7. obsoleteTo lie or crouch down in fear.
noun
  1. A challenge to prove courage.
    • I did it just for a dare.
  2. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.
  3. Defiance; challenge.
  4. In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players.
    • When asked truth or dare, she picked dare.
  5. A small fish, the dace