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FLIMSIER

8 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

FLIMSIER 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.

FLIMSIER root FLIMSY

Word family

FLIMSY 3 FLIMSIEST 11 FLIMSIES 11
adjective
  1. Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial.
    • He expected the flimsy structure to collapse at any moment.
  2. Of clothing: very light and thin.
  3. figurativelyOf an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak; also, unimportant; paltry, trivial.
    • a flimsy excuse
    • the flimsiest of theories
  4. figurativelyOf a person: lacking depth of character or understanding; frivolous, superficial.
  5. figurativelyobsoleteOf a person, their physical makeup, or their health: delicate, frail.
noun
  1. countabledatedhistoricaluncountableA thing which is ill-founded, unconvincing, or weak.
  2. alsoattributivedatedhistoricaluncountableThin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document; (countable) a sheet of such paper.
  3. broadlycountabledatedhistoricalslangA service certificate.
  4. broadlycountabledatedhistoricalslangA banknote; (uncountable) paper money.
  5. broadlydatedhistoricaluncountableThe text to be set into pages of magazines, newspapers, etc.; copy.
  6. UKcountabledatedhistoricalslanguncountableA hexahedral metal container with a capacity of four imperial gallons (about 18 litres) used by the British Army during World War II to hold fuel.
verb
  1. datedhistoricaltransitiveTo make (something) likely to be easily damaged.
  2. datedhistoricaltransitiveTo type or write (text) on a flimsy (“sheet of thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document”) (noun sense 2); to distribute such flimsies.
  3. datedfigurativelyhistoricaltransitiveTo treat (someone or something) as paltry or unimportant; to demean, to underestimate.