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MERIDIAN

8 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

MERIDIAN 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.

Word family

MERIDIANS-s 11
noun
  1. In full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth's surface.
  2. alsoIn full terrestrial meridian: a great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles (the terrestrial North Pole and South Pole); also, half of such a circle extending from pole to pole, all points of which have the same longitude.
  3. broadlyThe place on the celestial meridian where it is crossed by the sun or a star at its highest point.
  4. broadlyfigurativelyThe highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something; culmination, peak, zenith.
  5. broadlyfigurativelyspecificallyChiefly followed by of: the middle period of someone's life, when they are at their full abilities or strength; one's prime.
  6. broadlyA ring or half-ring with markings in which an artificial globe is installed and may spin.
  7. broadlyA line passing through the poles of any sphere; a notional line on the surface of a curved or round body (in particular, an eyeball).
  8. USdatedThe size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.
  9. obsoleteThe south.
  10. obsoleteMidday, noon.
  11. obsoleteA midday rest; a siesta.
  12. obsoleteA particular area or situation considered as having a specific characteristic or identity; also, the characteristics, habits, or tastes of a specific group, locale, etc.
  13. ScotlandobsoleteAn alcoholic drink taken at midday.
  14. ChinesealsofigurativelyraretraditionalAny of the pathways on the body along which chi or qi (life force) is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed; especially, one of twelve such pathways associated with organs of the body.
verb
  1. alsofigurativelyraretransitiveTo cause an object to reach the meridian or highest point of (something).
  2. alsofigurativelyintransitiverareOf a celestial body: to reach its meridian.
adjective
  1. alsofigurativelyrareRelating to a meridian (in various senses); meridional.
  2. alsofigurativelyrareRelating to midday or noon.
  3. alsofigurativelyobsoleterareRelating to the culmination or highest point.
  4. alsofigurativelyobsoleterareRelating to the south; meridional, southern.