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MEANT

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

MEANT is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

MEANT root MEAN-t

Word family

MEAN 1 MEANS-s 2 MEANING-ing 5 MEANER-er 3 MEANEST-est 5
verb
  1. transitiveTo intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
    • I didn't mean to knock your tooth out.
    • I mean to go to Arévalo in Spain this summer; I’ve been meaning to tell you for weeks, but I’ve just found the time.
    • I meant to take the car in for a smog check, but it slipped my mind.
    • The authors meant a challenge to the status quo.
    • Do you mean to say you regret it after all?
  2. intransitiveTo have as intentions of a given kind.
    • Don't be angry; she meant well.
  3. passiveregionaltransitiveTo intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.
    • Actually this desk was meant for the subeditor.
    • Man was not meant to question such things.
  4. transitiveTo intend an ensuing comment or statement as an explanation.
    • Your reasoning seems needlessly abstruse, complex, and verbose for me. I mean, could you dumb it down for my sake?
  5. transitiveTo convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).
    • The sky is red this morning—does that mean we're in for a storm?
  6. transitiveOf a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.
    • What does this hieroglyph mean?
  7. transitiveOf a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
    • I’m afraid I don’t understand what you mean.
    • He’s a little different, if you know what I mean.
  8. transitiveTo have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
    • Does she really mean what she said to him last night?
    • Say what you mean and mean what you say.
  9. transitiveTo cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
    • One faltering step means certain death.
    • This breakthrough will mean that we spend less on electricity bills.
  10. usuallyTo be of some level of importance.
    • That little dog meant everything to me.
    • Formality and titles mean nothing in their circle.
  11. IrelandUKregionalTo lament.
adjective
  1. obsoleteCommon; general.
  2. archaicOf a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
    • a man of mean parentage
    • a mean abode
  3. Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
    • a mean appearance
    • a mean dress
  4. Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
    • a mean motive
    • It was mean of you to steal that little girl's piggy bank.
  5. Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
  6. UKUngenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
    • He's so mean. I've never seen him spend so much as five pounds on presents for his children.
  7. Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating.
  8. Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.
    • Watch out for her: she's mean. I said good morning to her, and she punched me in the nose.
  9. Powerful; fierce; strong.
    • It must have been a mean typhoon that levelled this town.
  10. colloquialHearty; spicy.
  11. colloquialAccomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
    • Your mother can roll a mean cigarette.
    • He hits a mean backhand.
  12. childishinformaloftenDifficult, tricky.
    • This problem is mean!
  13. Having the mean as its value; average.
    • The mean family has 2.4 children.
  14. obsoleteMiddling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.
noun
  1. alsoA method or course of action used to achieve some result.
  2. obsoletesingularAn intermediate step or intermediate steps.
  3. Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
  4. historicalThe middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
  5. Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
  6. The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms.
  7. Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.