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LAUNCHES

8 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

LAUNCHES 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.

LAUNCHES root LAUNCH-es

Word family

LAUNCH 3 LAUNCHING-ing 11 LAUNCHED-ed 11 LANCH 2
verb
  1. transitiveTo throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo pierce with, or as with, a lance.
  3. transitiveTo cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
    • The navy launched another ship.
  4. transitiveTo cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
    • NASA launched several unmanned rockets before launching any of the Mercury astronauts.
  5. transitiveTo send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
    • Our business launched a new project.
  6. transitiveTo start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
    • Double-click an icon to launch the associated application.
  7. transitiveTo release; to put onto the market for sale
  8. intransitiveOf a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
  9. intransitiveoftenTo move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
    • to launch into an argument or discussion
    • to launch into lavish expenditures
  10. intransitiveTo start to operate.
    • After clicking the icon, the application will launch.
noun
  1. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
  2. The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
  3. An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
    • product launch
    • book launch
  4. The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
  5. A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
  6. An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.