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DINOSAUR

8 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

DINOSAUR 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.

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noun
  1. usuallyThose animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.
    • Despite what some cartoons portray, no humans were around when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
  2. Any of the animals belonging to the clade Dinosauria, including its sole surviving lineage: Neornithes.
    • Many people love their backyard birds, but some of us may not realize that those feathery friends are also literally dinosaurs, in a biologically accurate sense of that word.
  3. broadlyinformalproscribedAny extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago, as well as the stem-mammal Dimetrodon.
    • Pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, icthyosaurs — I don't know, they're all dinosaurs to me!
  4. colloquialfigurativelySomeone or something that is very old or old-fashioned, especially someone who is not willing to change and adapt.
    • She may be a tough old bird, but it's a mistake to write her off as a dinosaur; you do so at your own risk.
  5. colloquialfigurativelyAnything no longer in common use or practice.
    • I couldn't believe it when I saw the equipment that they were still using. Those machines were all dinosaurs, but they were busily cranking out production.