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DROGUE

6 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

DROGUE is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

DROGUES-s 5
noun
  1. A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving.
  2. A type of bag pulled behind a boat to stop it from broaching to.
  3. A conical parachute used as a brake for some kinds of aircraft, or as a means of extracting and deploying a larger parachute, or to slow a rapidly-moving vehicle to a speed where it can safely deploy a larger parachute.
  4. A conical basket or device used variously as a target for gunnery practice, and as a docking point for aerial refuelling.
  5. A wind cone.
verb
  1. transitiveTo harpoon or spear (a whale) with a weapon that has a drogue attached.
  2. transitiveTo use a drogue with.
  3. intransitiveTo act as a drogue, slowing down and stabilizing a drifting object.
  4. transitiveTo transport small loads along the coastline to larger ports, where they can be added to the cargo of larger ships that make longer journeys.