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INFLATES
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TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
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Classic
11
pts
Big
11
pts
Super Big
11
pts
INFLATES 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.
INFLATES root INFLATE-s
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verb
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transitiveTo enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
- You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it.
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intransitiveTo enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
- The balloon will inflate if you blow into it.
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figurativelyTo swell; to puff up.
- to inflate somebody with pride or vanity
- transitiveTo decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
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figurativelytransitiveTo represent something as being more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate.
- Israel routinely claims that the Gaza Ministry of Health, which is run by Hamas, has a tendency to inflate the number of Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip.