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EXCUSES
✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✓
Classic
5
pts
Big
5
pts
Super Big
5
pts
EXCUSES is a valid 7-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 5 in Classic, 5 in Big, and 5 in Super Big Boggle.
EXCUSES root EXCUSE-s
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verb
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transitiveTo forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
- I excused him his transgressions.
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transitiveTo allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
- May I be excused from the table?
- I excused myself from the proceedings to think over what I'd heard.
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transitiveTo provide an excuse for; to justify.
- You know he shouldn't have done it, so don't try to excuse his behavior!
- To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
noun
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countableuncountableAn explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.
- Tell me why you were late – and I don't want to hear any excuses!
- I had to make an excuse for being late to the meeting.
- a feeble excuse
- a tired excuse
- a valid excuse
- countableuncountableA defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
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countableoftenuncountableAn example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality.
- That thing is a poor excuse for a gingerbread man. Hasn't anyone taught you how to bake?
- He's a sorry excuse for a doctor.