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GALLS

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

GALLS is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

GALLS root GALL-s

Word family

GALL 1 GALLING-ing 5 GALLED-ed 3

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GALLINGLY 11
noun
  1. uncountableImpudence or brazenness; temerity; chutzpah.
  2. archaiccountableA gallbladder.
  3. archaicuncountableBile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
  4. figurativelyuncountableGreat misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
  5. countableA sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
  6. countableA sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
  7. figurativelyuncountableA feeling of exasperation.
  8. countableA pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
  9. A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by various pathogens, especially the burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, such as that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).
  10. A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
verb
  1. ergativeTo chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
  2. figurativelytransitiveTo bother or trouble.
  3. figurativelytransitiveTo harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
  4. figurativelytransitiveTo exasperate.
  5. transitiveTo cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
    • Improper cooling and a dull milling cutter on titanium can gall the surface.
  6. intransitiveobsoleterareTo scoff; to jeer.
  7. transitiveTo impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.