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FILLIP

6 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

FILLIP is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.

noun
  1. archaicThe action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.
  2. A sharp strike or tap made using this action, or (by extension) by other means.
  3. broadlySomething unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief time it takes to flick one's finger (see noun sense 1); a jiffy.
  4. broadlySomething that excites or stimulates.
    • This measure gave a fillip to the housing market.
    • The athlete’s victory provided a much-needed fillip for national pride.
verb
  1. transitiveTo strike, project, or propel with a fillip (that is, a finger released quickly after being pressed against the thumb); to flick.
  2. broadlytransitiveTo project quickly; to snap.
  3. broadlytransitiveTo strike or tap smartly.
  4. figurativelytransitiveTo drive as if by a fillip (noun sense 1); to excite, stimulate, whet.
    • The spicy aroma filliped my appetite.
  5. ambitransitiveTo make a fillip (noun sense 1) (with the fingers).