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DOVETAIL

8 letters

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

DOVETAIL 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.

Word family

DOVETAILS-s 11 DOVETAILING-ing 11 DOVETAILED-ed 11

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DOVETAILINGS 11
noun
  1. The tail of a dove (family Columbidae); also, something having the shape of a dove's tail.
  2. attributiveoftenIn full dovetail joint: a type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove's tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes.
  3. attributiveoftenA tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail joint.
  4. A line resembling a dovetail joint (sense 2.1).
verb
  1. transitiveTo unite (components) with a dovetail (noun sense 2.1) or similar joint.
  2. figurativelytransitiveTo combine or fit (things) together well.
    • The executive board dovetailed its decision neatly with the prior projects the company had taken up.
    • Through my new project, I dovetail my interests in botany and programming.
  3. figurativelytransitiveTo interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously.
  4. figurativelytransitiveTo seamlessly move a melody from one instrument to another.
  5. figurativelyintransitiveOf several things: to combine or fit together well.
    • The parts of your essay should dovetail so that it is cohesive and coherent.
  6. intransitiveTo adapt to something; to fit in.