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DEVOLVE

7 letters

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

DEVOLVE 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

DEVOLVES-s 11 DEVOLVING 11 DEVOLVED-d 11

Might be on the same board

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

DEVOLVEMENT 11 DEVOLVEMENTS 11
verb
  1. intransitiveTo be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder.
  2. transitiveTo delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
  3. especiallytransitiveusuallyTo transfer authority and responsibility for (something) to (another entity).
    • Despite being a unitary state, the Government of the United Kingdom devolved many matters to the Governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
  4. intransitiveTo fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.
  5. especiallyintransitiveTo shift or to be transferred from a central government to a local one, a federal one to a federated one, etc.
    • Many legislative powers devolved to the new Scottish parliament in 1999.
  6. intransitiveTo degenerate; to break down.
    • A discussion about politics may devolve into a shouting match.
  7. obsoletetransitiveTo roll (something) down; to unroll.