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HELM

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

HELM 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

HELMS-s 2 HELMING-ing 5 HELMED-ed 3
noun
  1. The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to steer the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
  2. broadlyThe use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.
  3. broadlyThe member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
  4. broadlySomething used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.
  5. figurativelyA position of control or leadership.
    • the helm of the Commonwealth
  6. figurativelyOne in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.
  7. archaicpoetictransitiveA helmet.
  8. transitiveSynonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”).
  9. broadlytransitiveA shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.
  10. broadlytransitiveA heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm.
  11. broadlydialectalobsoletetransitiveThe crown or top of something.
  12. broadlyobsoletetransitiveThe upper part or cap of an alembic or retort.
  13. countabletransitiveA stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.
  14. alternativetransitiveuncountableAlternative form of haulm (“the stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching”).
  15. obsoletetransitiveuncountableSynonym of bentgrass (“any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis”)
verb
  1. transitiveTo control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel).
  2. figurativelytransitiveTo direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an organization).
  3. archaicpoetictransitiveTo cover (a head) with a helmet; to provide (someone) with a helmet; to helmet.
  4. transitiveTo lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm.