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LATE

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

LATE 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

LATER-r 2 LATEST-st 3

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Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

LATED 2 LATELY 3 LATENESS 11 LATENESSES 11
adjective
  1. Near the end of a period of time.
    • The seedlings appeared to be coming along nicely until a late frost killed them.
    • The meeting is convened for late morning.
    • In Southern U.S., "evening" is used for middle to late afternoon.
  2. Specifically, near the end of the day.
    • It was getting late and I was tired.
  3. usuallyAssociated with the end of a period.
    • Late Latin is less fully inflected than Classical Latin.
  4. Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.
    • The flowers were late in blooming because of the prolonged cold weather.
    • Panos was so late that he arrived at the meeting after Antonio, who had the excuse of being in hospital for most of the night.
    • The heavy snow made all the trains late.
  5. Levied as a surcharge on a payment which has not arrived by a specified deadline.
    • The power company suspended late fees during the pandemic.
  6. Not having had an expected menstrual period.
    • I'm late, honey. Could you buy a test?
  7. euphemisticRecently deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)
    • Her late husband had left her well provided for.
    • Mary was entitled to the crown by her late father’s testament.
  8. datedExisting or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.
    • the late bishop of London
    • the late administration
  9. Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
    • the late war
  10. Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.
noun
  1. informalA shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.
adverb
  1. After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.
    • We drove as fast as we could, but we still arrived late.
  2. Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.
    • Colonel Easterwood, late of the 34th Carbines, was a guest at the dinner party.
    • The Hendersons will all be there / Late of Pablo Fanque's Fair / What a scene!
    • Linda Smith, late of 13 Oxford Street.
  3. Not long ago; just now, recently.