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DOWNCAST

8 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

DOWNCAST 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

DOWNCASTS-s 11
adjective
  1. Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
  2. Of a person or thing: cast or thrown to the ground.
  3. Of a thing: directed downwards.
  4. figurativelyOf a person: feeling despondent or discouraged.
  5. figurativelyOf a person or thing: defeated, overthrown; also, destroyed, ruined.
noun
  1. obsoleteSynonym of downthrow (“a depression of the strata on one side of a fault; also, the degree of downward displacement in such a fault”).
    • a downcast dyke
  2. countableAn act of looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty; hence (uncountable, archaic), dejection, melancholy.
  3. archaiccountableuncountableAn act, or the situation, of being cast or thrown to the ground.
  4. archaiccountablefigurativelyuncountableA defeat, an overthrow; also, an act of destruction or ruin.
  5. countableA cast (“change of expression of a data type”) from supertype to subtype.
  6. attributivecountableA ventilating shaft down which air passes in circulating through a mine.
verb
  1. transitiveTo turn (the eyes) downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
  2. transitiveTo cast or throw (something) downwards; also, to drop or lower (something).
  3. transitiveTo demolish or tear down (a building, etc.).
  4. figurativelytransitiveTo make (someone) feel despondent or discouraged; to discourage, to sadden.
  5. transitiveTo cast (“change the expression of”) (a data type) from supertype to subtype.
  6. ScotlandtransitiveTo reproach or upbraid (someone); also, to taunt (someone).
  7. obsoletetransitiveTo depose or overthrow (a leader, an institution, etc.); also (sometimes reflexive), to bring down (oneself or someone) from an exalted position; to humble.