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FLASHES

7 letters

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Classic 5 pts
Big 5 pts
Super Big 5 pts

FLASHES 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.

FLASHES root FLASH-es

Word family

FLASH 2 FLASHING-ing 11 FLASHED-ed 5 FLASHEST-est 11 FLASHIEST-iest 11

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FLASHINGS 11
verb
  1. transitiveTo cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
    • He flashed the light at the water, trying to see what made the noise.
  2. intransitiveTo blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
    • The light flashed on and off.
  3. intransitiveTo be visible briefly.
    • The scenery flashed by quickly.
  4. transitiveTo make visible briefly.
    • A number will be flashed on the screen.
    • The special agents flashed their badges as they entered the building.
    • She flashed me a smile from the car window.
  5. ambitransitiveinformalTo expose one's intimate body part or undergarment, often momentarily and unintentionally. (Contrast streak.)
    • She flashed a vocalist at a rock concert.
    • Her skirt was so short that she flashed her underpants as she was getting out of her car.
  6. figurativelyTo break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
  7. To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
    • He flashed a wad of hundred-dollar bills.
  8. To show a gang sign or similar hand gesture.
    • I knew he was serious when he flashed a Bloods sign.
  9. To communicate quickly.
    • The news services flashed the news about the end of the war to all corners of the globe.
    • to flash a message along the telephone wires; to flash conviction on the mind
  10. To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
    • Flash forward to the present day.
  11. datedtransitiveTo telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
    • Susan flashed Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call.
  12. intransitiveTo evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)
  13. transitiveTo climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
  14. transitiveTo write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).
    • In order to flash a custom ROM to a phone, the boot loader must be unlocked first.
  15. transitiveTo cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
  16. transitiveTo expand (blown glass) into a disc.
  17. transitiveTo send by some startling or sudden means.
  18. intransitiveTo burst out into violence.
  19. To perform a flash.
  20. To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
  21. obsoletetransitiveTo trick up in a showy manner.
  22. obsoletetransitiveTo strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
  23. To flash back.
noun
  1. countableuncountableA sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
  2. countableuncountableA very short amount of time.
  3. UScolloquialcountableuncountableA flashlight; an electric torch.
  4. countablefigurativelyuncountableA sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
  5. figurativelyuncountablePizzazz, razzle-dazzle.
  6. countableuncountableMaterial left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
  7. CockneyUKcountableuncountableThe strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
  8. countableuncountableA pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
  9. countableuncountableA language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.
  10. abbreviationclippingcountableuncountableClipping of camera flash (“a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help illuminate a scene”).
  11. archaiccountableuncountableA preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.
  12. countableuncountableA form of military insignia.
    • I just got my first commando flash.
  13. abbreviationclippinguncountableClipping of flash memory.
    • The hybrid drive has 500 gigabytes of hard disk space for bulk storage and 2 gigabytes of high-speed flash for caching frequently-accessed files.
  14. countableuncountableAny of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Artipe, Deudorix and Rapala.
  15. countableuncountableA tattoo flash (example design on paper to give an idea of a possible tattoo).
  16. countableuncountableThe sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.
  17. countableuncountableSynonym of flashback (“recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug”).
  18. countabledateduncountableA newsflash.
  19. countableuncountableA brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).
  20. countableuncountableThe (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
  21. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of hook flash.
  22. A pool of water, in some areas especially one that is marshy, and/or one formed by subsidence of the ground due to mining. (Compare flush (“marsh; pool”).)
  23. A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
adjective
  1. AustraliaBritishslangExpensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
  2. UKHaving plenty of ready money.
  3. UKLiable to show off expensive possessions or money.
  4. USslangOccurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
  5. obsoleteslangRelating to thieves and vagabonds.
    • the flash language: thieves' cant or slang
    • flash notes: counterfeit banknotes