Boggle Word Finder
GLIMPSE
✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✓
Classic
5
pts
Big
5
pts
Super Big
5
pts
GLIMPSE 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.
Word family
verb
- transitiveTo see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely.
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figurativelytransitiveTo perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely.
- I have only begun to glimpse the magnitude of the problem.
- intransitiveChiefly followed by at or upon: to look at briefly and incompletely; to glance.
- intransitiveTo shine with a faint, unsteady light; to glimmer, to shimmer.
- archaicintransitivepoeticTo appear or start to appear, especially faintly or unclearly; to dawn.
- intransitiverareSometimes followed by out: to provide a brief and incomplete look.
noun
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Chiefly followed by of: a brief and incomplete look.
- I only got a glimpse of the car, so I can tell you the colour but not the registration number.
- archaicA brief, sudden flash of light; a glimmer.
- figurativelyA faint or imprecise idea; an inkling.
- figurativelyrareA brief, unspecified amount of time; a moment.
- obsoleteA faint (and often temporary) appearance; a tinge.