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FATHOMED

8 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

FATHOMED is a valid 8-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 11 in Super Big Boggle.

FATHOMED root FATHOM-ed

Word family

FATHOM 3 FATHOMS-s 5 FATHOMING-ing 11

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FATHOMER 11 FATHOMERS 11 FATHOMABLE 11
noun
  1. UShistoricalA man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.
  2. UShistoricalAn internationally standardized version of this unit, the international fathom (= 1.8288 metres = 6 feet).
  3. USA measure of distance to shore: the nearest point to shore at which the water depth is the value quoted.
    • After we'd rowed for an hour, we found ourselves stranded ten fathoms from shore.
  4. figurativelyAn unspecified depth.
  5. archaicfigurativelyobsoleteDepth of insight; mental reach or scope.
  6. obsoleteThe act of stretching out one's arms away from the sides of the torso so that they make a straight line perpendicular to the body.
  7. obsoleteSomeone or something that is embraced.
  8. figurativelyobsoleteControl, grasp.
verb
  1. alsofigurativelytransitiveTo measure the depth of (water); to take a sounding of; to sound.
  2. archaicobsoletetransitiveTo encircle (someone or something) with outstretched arms; specifically, to measure the circumference or (rare) length of something.
  3. figurativelytransitiveOften followed by out: to deeply understand (someone or something); to get to the bottom of.
    • I can’t for the life of me fathom what this means.
  4. obsoletetransitiveTo embrace (someone or something).
  5. intransitiveTo measure a depth; to sound.
  6. figurativelyintransitiveTo conduct an examination or inquiry; to investigate.