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EXTINGUISHES

12 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 24 pts

EXTINGUISHES is a valid 12-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 24 in Super Big Boggle.

EXTINGUISHES root EXTINGUISH-es

Word family

EXTINGUISH 11 EXTINGUISHING-ing 11 EXTINGUISHED-ed 11

Might be on the same board

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

EXTINGUISHER 11 EXTINGUISHANT 11 EXTINGUISHERS 11 EXTINGUISHABLE 11 EXTINGUISHANTS 11 EXTINGUISHMENT 11 EXTINGUISHMENTS 11
verb
  1. transitiveTo stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
  2. figurativelytransitiveTo eclipse or obscure (someone or something).
    • A beauty that extinguishes all others by comparison
    • The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.
  3. figurativelytransitiveTo kill (someone).
  4. figurativelytransitiveTo put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
    • She extinguished all my hopes.
    • They intended to extinguish the enemy by force of numbers
  5. figurativelytransitiveTo bring about the extinction of (a conditioned reflex).
    • Many patients can extinguish their phobias after a few months of treatment.
  6. figurativelytransitiveTo suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.
  7. figurativelytransitiveTo abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).
  8. intransitivereflexiveTo die out.