Boggle Word Finder
MAY
✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✓
Classic
1
pts
Big
too short
(min 4)
(min 4)
Super Big
too short
(min 4)
(min 4)
MAY is a valid 3-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic Boggle, though it's too short for Big and Super Big (which need four-letter words).
Might be on the same board
Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.
verb
- intransitiveobsoleteTo be strong; to have power (over).
- auxiliaryobsoleteTo be able; can.
- intransitivepoeticTo be able to go.
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auxiliarydefectivemodalTo have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests.
- you may smoke outside
- may I sit there?
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auxiliarydefectivemodalExpressing a present possibility; possibly.
- he may be lying
- Schrödinger's cat may or may not be in the box.
- Sam may be intelligent, but he isn't wise. [This speaker does not know with certainty whether Sam is intelligent, but the speaker allows the possibility.]
- A female crocodile may lay up to forty eggs. [Typical occurrence.]
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auxiliarydefectivemodalExpressing a disjunctive or contrastive relation between indicative statements.
- You may be my boss, but that doesn't mean you can insult me.
- A: Sigh. I'm bummed that Stephen Hawking died. B: Well, he may have died, but he's still alive in our hearts. [This speaker does not doubt that Stephen has died; nonetheless, the verb inflection is not different.]
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defectivepoeticpresentsubjunctiveExpressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).
- may you win; may the weather be sunny; long may your reign last
- Let us pray that peace may soon return to our war-torn homeland.
- auxiliarydefectivemodalUsed in modesty, courtesy, or concession, or to soften a question or remark.
- intransitivepoeticTo gather may, or flowers in general.
- intransitivepoeticTo celebrate May Day.
noun
- uncountableThe hawthorn bush or its blossoms.
- archaicA maiden.