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GRIDLOCKS

9 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 18 pts

GRIDLOCKS is a valid 9-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 18 in Super Big Boggle.

GRIDLOCKS root GRIDLOCK-s

noun
  1. countableuncountableA condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
  2. countableuncountableOn a smaller scale, the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
  3. broadlycountablefigurativelyuncountableAny paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
  4. countabledeliberatemisspellinguncountableDeliberate misspelling of girlcock and girldick.
verb
  1. To cause traffic congestion.