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GERM

4 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

GERM is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

GERMS-s 2 GERMING-ing 5 GERMED-ed 3
noun
  1. The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
  2. The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.
    • surgical removal of germs of wisdom teeth
  3. A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
  4. figurativelyThe origin or earliest version of an idea or project.
    • the germ of civil liberty
  5. An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
verb
  1. To germinate.
  2. slangTo grow, as if parasitic.