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DECLINE

7 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 5 pts
Big 5 pts
Super Big 5 pts

DECLINE 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.

Word family

DECLINES-s 11 DECLINING 11 DECLINED-d 11

Might be on the same board

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

DECLINAL 11 DECLINER 11 DECLINANT 11 DECLINATE 11 DECLINERS 11 DECLINABLE 11 DECLINATOR 11 DECLINATION 11 DECLINATORS 11 DECLINATIONS 11 DECLINATIONAL 11
noun
  1. countableuncountableDownward movement, fall.
    • The aircraft went into a sudden decline before the pilot regained control.
  2. countableuncountableA sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
    • After taking a right from that turn a decline will come into view.
  3. countableuncountableA deterioration of condition; a weakening or worsening.
    • He has experienced a sudden decline in his health.
    • Educational standards are on the decline.
    • The country's global reputation is in decline.
  4. countableuncountableA reduction or diminution of activity, prevalence or quantity.
    • Population decline is a major concern.
    • Town-centre retailers have seen a decline in footfall.
  5. countableuncountableThe act of declining or refusing something.
verb
  1. intransitiveTo move downwards, to fall, to drop.
    • The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001.
  2. intransitiveTo become weaker or worse.
    • My health declined in winter.
  3. transitiveTo bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
  4. transitiveTo cause to decrease or diminish.
  5. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
  6. transitiveTo choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
    • On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer.
  7. transitiveusuallyTo inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.
  8. transitiveTo recite all the different declined forms of (a word): to recite its declension.
  9. broadlyTo run through from first to last; to recite in order as though declining a noun.
  10. CanadianTo reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.
    • The team chose to decline the fifteen-yard penalty because their receiver had caught the ball for a thirty-yard gain.