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KNAP

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

KNAP 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

KNAPS-s 2 KNAPPING-ping 11 KNAPPED-ped 5
verb
  1. transitiveTo break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap.
  2. especiallyspecificallytransitiveTo break away flakes from (a brittle material which fractures conchoidally (“with planar concentric curves”), usually a mineral such as chert, flint, or obsidian), often to form a tool with a sharp edge or point.
  3. transitiveTo strike (something) sharply; to knock, to rap.
  4. transitiveFollowed by off: to break (something) away from another thing by striking or tapping sharply.
  5. figurativelytransitiveTo say (something) crisply or sharply.
  6. intransitiveTo break or fracture suddenly; to snap.
  7. intransitiveTo make a cracking or snapping sound; to crack, to snap.
  8. intransitiveTo strike sharply.
  9. figurativelyintransitiveTo speak crisply or sharply.
  10. figurativelyintransitiveobsoleteTo cheat while gambling, especially at a dice game.
  11. UKdialectaltransitiveTo take a small, quick bite at or of (someone or something); to nibble, to nip, to snap.
  12. UKdialectalintransitiveTo take a small, quick bite.
  13. UKdialectalobsoletetransitiveObsolete spelling of nap (“to arrest (someone); to grab or nab (someone or something); to steal (something); (obsolete) to receive (severe punishment), especially during a boxing match or a flogging; (generally) to receive (something)”).
noun
  1. dialectalA sudden, sharp blow, knock, or slap; a rap, a whack.
  2. dialectalThe sound made by such a blow, knock, or slap.
  3. dialectalSynonym of chattering damsel (“a component of a traditional mill which creates a vibratory motion to impel portions of grain toward the millstone; a clapper”).
  4. figurativelyobsoleteA method of cheating at a dice game.
  5. UKdialectalA piece of raised ground or a short, steep slope; a small hill; a hillock, a knoll.
  6. UKdialectalThe crest or top of a hill.