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GUDGEONS

8 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

GUDGEONS 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.

GUDGEONS root GUDGEON-s

Word family

GUDGEON 5 GUDGEONING-ing 11 GUDGEONED-ed 11
noun
  1. A small freshwater fish of species Gobio gobio, native to Eurasia.
  2. CanadaCottus bairdii, more widely known as mottled sculpin.
  3. AustraliaAny of various similar small fish of the family Eleotridae, often used as bait.
  4. Any of various other fish, similar in appearance and principally in families Butidae and Eleotridae.
  5. archaicfigurativelyA person apt to take the bait; one easily cheated or duped; also, an idiot.
  6. archaicfigurativelySomething used to lure or tempt; bait, a lure.
  7. alsoattributiveA circular or cylindrical fitting, often made of metal, into which a pin or pintle fits to create a hinge or pivoting joint.
  8. specificallyIn a vessel with a stern-mounted rudder: the fitting into which the pintle of the rudder fits, allowing the rudder to swing freely.
verb
  1. archaictransitiveTo deprive (someone) fraudulently; to cheat, to dupe.
  2. archaicintransitiveTo take the bait; to be defrauded or duped.