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FANS

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

FANS is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

FANS root FAN-s

Word family

FAN 1 FANNING-ning 5 FANNED-ned 3 FEN 1

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FANNINGS 11
noun
  1. A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
  2. An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
    • He didn't switch on the fan because the temperature was 15 degrees Celsius.
  3. The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
  4. Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
  5. An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
  6. A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.
  7. A group of overlapping cards exposed in various patience games.
  8. A section of a tree having a finite number of branches.
  9. A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.
    • I am a big fan of libraries.
    • I am a big fan of cricket.
  10. datedA unit of length, equivalent to 0.1 tsun (0.01 chek), or 0.00371475 metres.
verb
  1. transitiveTo blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
    • We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.
  2. transitiveTo slap (a behind, especially).
  3. intransitiveTo move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
  4. transitiveTo dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
    • I attempted to fan the disagreeable odour out of the room.
  5. transitiveTo perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
  6. figurativelyTo invigorate, like flames when fanned.
  7. To winnow grain.
  8. transitiveTo apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession.
    • Fanning the brakes results in the gradual depletion of the pressure in the cars' brake reservoirs, which can eventually cause a loss of all braking.
  9. intransitiveTo strike out.
  10. transitiveTo strike out (a batter).
  11. intransitiveTo fail to properly shoot or pass the puck.