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DEVOLVES
✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✓
Classic
11
pts
Big
11
pts
Super Big
11
pts
DEVOLVES is a valid 8-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 11 in Super Big Boggle.
DEVOLVES root DEVOLVE-s
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verb
- 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.
- transitiveTo delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
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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.
- intransitiveTo fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.
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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.
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intransitiveTo degenerate; to break down.
- A discussion about politics may devolve into a shouting match.
- obsoletetransitiveTo roll (something) down; to unroll.