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MINNOWS

7 letters

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Classic 5 pts
Big 5 pts
Super Big 5 pts

MINNOWS 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.

MINNOWS root MINNOW-s

Word family

MINNOW 3 MINNIE 3 MINNY 2
noun
  1. Any of certain small fish.
  2. The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.
  3. Chiefly with a qualifying word: That fish or any of a number of other (small) fish from the family Cyprinidae.
  4. USAny of those fish or other small (usually freshwater) fish from other families.
  5. AustraliaSynonym of galaxiid (“any member of the family Galaxiidae of mostly small freshwater fish of the Southern Hemisphere”); specifically, the common galaxias, inanga, or jollytail (Galaxias maculatus).
  6. UKregionalSynonym of stickleback (family Gasterosteidae).
  7. figurativelyA person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
  8. especiallyfigurativelya team that is considered less skilled and not expected to win many, if any, of its matches.
  9. An artificial bait in the form of a small fish.
adjective
  1. rareVery small; tiny.
verb
  1. intransitiveTo fish for minnows (noun sense 1 and subsenses).
  2. intransitiveTo fish, especially for trout, using minnows as bait.