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EMBOST

6 letters

◐ IN SOME DICTIONARIES
TWL06 ✗ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✗
Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

EMBOST is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in SOWPODS but not TWL06 and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.

EMBOST root EMBOSS

Word family

EMBOSS 3 EMBOSSES-es 11 EMBOSSING-ing 11 EMBOSSED-ed 11 IMBOSS 3
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”).