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EMBOSSES

8 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

EMBOSSES 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.

EMBOSSES root EMBOSS-es

Word family

EMBOSS 3 EMBOSSING-ing 11 EMBOSSED-ed 11 IMBOSS 3 EMBOST 3

Might be on the same board

Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

EMBOSSER 11 EMBOSSERS 11 EMBOSSABLE 11 EMBOSSMENT 11 EMBOSSMENTS 11
verb
  1. transitiveTo cause (something) to stick out or swell; to extrude; also, to cause (someone or something) to be covered in swellings.
  2. transitiveTo make (a design on a coin, an ornament on an object, etc.) stand out from a surface.
  3. transitiveTo represent (a subject) on an object in relief; also, of a design or subject: to stand out on (an object) in relief.
  4. transitiveTo decorate or mark (something) with a design or symbol in relief.
    • The papers weren’t official until the seal had been embossed on them.
    • The title was embossed in gold lettering on the cover.
  5. transitiveTo decorate (something) with bosses (“ornamental convex protuberances”); to boss; hence, to decorate (something) richly.
  6. figurativelytransitiveTo cause (something) to be prominent or stand out.
  7. figurativelyobsoletetransitiveTo make (speech, etc.) unduly bombastic or grand.
  8. intransitiveobsoletetransitiveOf a hunted animal: to take shelter in a forest or wood.
  9. broadlyobsoletetransitiveTo drive (a hunted animal) to exhaustion by chasing it; to exhaust; hence, to make (a hunted animal) foam at the mouth due to exhaustion from being chased.
  10. archaicbroadlytransitiveTo cause (an animal's body, a person's mouth, etc.) to be covered with foam.
  11. broadlyobsoletetransitiveTo cause (someone, their heart or soul, etc.) to become extremely fatigued; to exhaust.
  12. broadlyintransitiveobsoletetransitiveOf a person: to foam at the mouth; also (figurative), to be furious, to rage.
  13. obsoletetransitiveTo enclose or suit (a person) in armour.
  14. figurativelyobsoletetransitiveTo enclose or surround (someone or something).
noun
  1. obsoleteraretransitiveSynonym of boss (“a knob or projection”).