Boggle Word Finder
MINSTREL
✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✓
Classic
11
pts
Big
11
pts
Super Big
11
pts
MINSTREL 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
noun
- alsoattributivehistoricalOriginally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.
- alsoattributivebroadlypoeticAny lyric poet, musician, or singer.
- USalsoattributivebroadlyhistoricalOne of a troupe of entertainers, often a white person who wore black makeup (blackface), to present a so-called minstrel show, being a variety show of banjo music, dance, and song (now regarded as racist).
- alsoattributivebroadlyslangAn amphetamine tablet, typically black, or black and white, in colour.
verb
- alsoattributivefigurativelytransitiveTo play (a tune on a musical instrument); to sing (a song).
- alsoattributivefigurativelyintransitiveTo act as a minstrel; to entertain by playing a musical instrument, singing, etc.