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MAYHEMS

7 letters

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Classic 5 pts
Big 5 pts
Super Big 5 pts

MAYHEMS is a valid 7-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 5 in Classic, 5 in Big, and 5 in Super Big Boggle.

MAYHEMS root MAYHEM-s

noun
  1. UKhistoricaluncountableusuallyThe criminal offence of maiming (“seriously wounding”) a person such that their ability to defend or protect themselves is weakened or completely removed; (countable) an instance of this.
    • to commit mayhem
  2. USbroadlyuncountableusuallyThe criminal offence of maiming a person by depriving them of the use of any of their limbs.
  3. figurativelyuncountableusuallyOften preceded by to cause or make: great confusion, destruction, disorder, or trouble; chaos, turmoil; (countable) an instance of this.
    • In all the mayhem, some children were separated from their parents.
    • What if the legendary hero Robin Hood had been born into the mayhem of the 20th century?
  4. figurativelyuncountableusuallyViolent conduct, especially the violent infliction of injury on a person or thing.
    • The fighting dogs created mayhem in the flower beds.
verb
  1. archaictransitiveTo commit the criminal offence of mayhem (noun sense 1) on (someone); to maim.
  2. archaicfigurativelytransitiveTo violently inflict injury on (someone); to injure, to wound.