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LANCES

6 letters

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Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

LANCES is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.

LANCES root LANCE-s

Word family

LANCE 2 LANCING 5 LANCED-d 3
noun
  1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
  2. A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
  3. A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
  4. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
  5. An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
  6. A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
  7. One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
  8. A lancet.
  9. A piece in the game of shogi that can move directly forward any number of squares.
verb
  1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
  2. To open with a lancet; to prick or cut open with a sharp instrument; to pierce.
    • to lance a vein or an abscess
  3. To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
  4. informalTo steal or swipe.
    • He lanced my drink and spiked it!
  5. To move suddenly and quickly.