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KEEP

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

KEEP 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

KEEPS-s 2 KEEPING-ing 5 KEPT 1

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KEEPINGS 11
verb
  1. transitiveTo continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
    • to keep silence; to keep possession
  2. transitiveTo remain faithful to a given promise or word.
    • to keep one's word; to keep one's promise
  3. transitiveTo maintain possession of.
    • I keep a small stock of painkillers for emergencies.
    • I only meant to lend him the shirt at first, but it looked better on him than me, so I told him to keep it.
  4. ditransitivetransitiveTo maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
    • I keep my specimens under glass to protect them.
    • The abundance of squirrels kept the dogs running for hours.
  5. transitiveTo record transactions, accounts, or events in.
    • I used to keep a diary.
  6. transitiveTo enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
  7. archaictransitiveTo remain in; to be confined to.
  8. transitiveTo restrain.
    • I keep my pet gerbil away from my brother.
    • Don't let me keep you; I know you have things to be doing.
  9. transitiveTo watch over, look after, guard, protect.
    • May the Lord keep you from harm.
  10. transitiveTo supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
    • He kept a mistress for over ten years.
  11. transitiveTo raise; to care for.
    • He has been keeping orchids since retiring.
  12. transitiveTo refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
  13. transitiveTo maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
  14. transitiveTo have habitually in stock for sale.
  15. intransitiveobsoleteTo reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
    • She kept to her bed while the fever lasted.
  16. intransitiveTo continue.
    • I keep taking the tablets, but to no avail.
  17. intransitiveTo remain edible or otherwise usable.
    • Potatoes can keep if they are in a root cellar.
    • Latex paint won't keep indefinitely.
  18. copulativeintransitiveTo remain in a state.
    • The rabbit avoided detection by keeping still.
    • Keep calm! There's no need to panic.
  19. UKintransitiveobsoleteTo have rooms at college, at the University of Cambridge.
  20. obsoleteTo wait for, keep watch for.
  21. intransitiveTo act as wicket-keeper.
    • Godfrey Evans kept for England for many years.
  22. intransitiveobsoleteTo take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
  23. intransitiveobsoleteTo be in session; to take place.
    • School keeps today.
  24. transitiveTo observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
  25. broadlydatedtransitiveTo visit (a place) often; to frequent.
  26. datedtransitiveTo observe or celebrate (a holiday).
    • to keep the Sabbath
    • The feast of St. Stephen is kept on December 26.
  27. SingaporeWalestransitiveTo put (something) back (to its original location or appropriate place); to put away.
    • Please keep these books.
noun
  1. countablehistoricaluncountableThe main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
  2. countableuncountableThe food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
    • He works as a cobbler's apprentice for his keep.
  3. countableuncountableThe state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
    • to be in good keep
  4. countableuncountableA cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
  5. countableobsoleteuncountableThe act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice.
  6. countableobsoleteuncountableThat which is kept in charge; a charge.
  7. countableeuphemisticobsoleteuncountableA mistress (the other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations).