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HELD

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

HELD 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.

HELD root HOLD

Word family

HOLD 1 HOLDS-s 2 HOLDING-ing 5 HOLDEN-en 3
verb
  1. transitiveTo grasp or grip.
    • Hold the pencil like this.
  2. transitiveTo contain or store.
    • This package holds six bottles.
  3. transitiveTo have and keep possession of something.
    • Hold my coat for me.
    • The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs.
  4. transitiveTo reserve.
    • Hold a table for us at 7:00.
  5. transitiveTo cause to wait or delay.
    • Hold the elevator.
  6. transitiveTo halt or delay (medication) temporarily.
  7. transitiveTo detain.
    • Hold the suspect in this cell.
  8. copulativeintransitiveTo be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
    • to hold true
    • The proposition holds.
  9. copulativeintransitiveTo keep oneself in a particular state.
    • to hold firm
  10. transitiveTo impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
  11. transitiveTo bear, carry, or manage.
    • He holds himself proudly erect.
    • Hold your head high.
  12. imperativeintransitiveNot to move; to halt; to stop.
  13. intransitiveNot to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
  14. To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
    • to hold one's bladder
    • to hold one's breath
  15. transitiveTo maintain, to consider, to opine.
    • She holds that passive index funds beat actively managed ones: she says that "set it and forget it," when done right, beats playing the market as a gambler.
  16. transitiveTo bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
    • He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command.
    • I'll hold him to that promise.
  17. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
  18. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
  19. archaicTo restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.
  20. ambitransitiveTo win one's own service game.
  21. To take place, to occur.
  22. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
    • Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.
  23. archaicTo derive right or title.
  24. imperativeIn a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
    • One ham-and-cheese sandwich; hold the mustard.
    • A martini, please, and hold the olive.
  25. intransitiveslangTo be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
noun
  1. A grasp or grip.
    • Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
  2. An act or instance of holding.
    • Can I have a hold of the baby?
  3. A place where animals are held for safety
  4. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
    • Senator X placed a hold on the bill, then went to the library and placed a hold on a book.
  5. Something reserved or kept.
    • We have a hold here for you.
  6. Power over someone or something.
  7. The ability to persist.
  8. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
  9. A position or grip used to control the opponent.
    • He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat.
  10. An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
  11. The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
    • The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
  12. The wager amount, the total hold.
  13. An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
  14. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
  15. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
  16. datedA pause facility.
  17. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
  18. A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
  19. A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
  20. The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
    • We watched our luggage being loaded into the hold of the plane.
adjective
  1. obsoleteGracious; friendly; faithful; true.