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ENCOUNTERED

11 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 22 pts

ENCOUNTERED is a valid 11-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 22 in Super Big Boggle.

ENCOUNTERED root ENCOUNTER-ed

Word family

ENCOUNTER 11 ENCOUNTERS-s 11 ENCOUNTERING-ing 11
verb
  1. transitiveTo meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
  2. transitiveTo confront (someone or something) face to face.
  3. intransitiverareTo meet one another.
  4. intransitiveTo engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
    • Three armies encountered at Waterloo.
  5. IndiaeuphemistictransitiveTo kill or execute someone extrajudicially.
noun
  1. A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
    • Their encounter was a matter of chance.
  2. A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
  3. A match between two opposing sides.
  4. A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between two people who have not already established a sexual relationship with each other. In many cases, it does not lead to a relationship, and thus is utterly transient. A sexual encounter can be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is known as sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
  5. The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives.
  6. IndiaAn extrajudicial killing or execution.