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MOONLIGHT

9 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 18 pts

MOONLIGHT is a valid 9-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 18 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

MOONLIGHTS-s 11 MOONLIGHTING-ing 11 MOONLIGHTED-ed 11

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Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

MOONLIGHTER 11 MOONLIGHTERS 11 MOONLIGHTINGS 11
noun
  1. alsoattributiveuncountableusuallyThe light reflected from the Moon, which seems to emanate from it.
  2. archaicuncountableusuallyThe silvery colour of the light reflected by the Moon.
  3. UKarchaicdialectaluncountableusuallySynonym of moonshine (“illegally produced or smuggled spirits”).
  4. countableinformalusuallyChiefly in to do a moonlight: short for moonlight flit (“an act of secretly leaving premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon; hence, any act of escaping at night”).
  5. countableobsoleteuncountableusuallyA picture of a scene illuminated by light reflected by the Moon.
  6. UScountableobsoleterareuncountableusuallyA journey made at night when the Moon is shining.
  7. UScountableobsoleteuncountableusuallyAn oratorical competition; also, a participant in such a competition.
verb
  1. informalintransitiveTo do a moonlight flit: to secretly leave premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon.
  2. IrelandhistoricalintransitiveTo make a night-time attack on a tenant farmer not supporting the policies of the Irish National Land League.
  3. informalintransitiveTo do work for pay (sometimes illegally, secretly, or without paying income tax on the earnings) which is in addition to a main job, often in the evening or at night.
  4. informalintransitiveTo engage in an activity other than what one is known for.
  5. informalintransitiveOf a thing: to perform a secondary function substantially different from a supposed primary function.
    • Some proteins have a primary function of acting as enzymes, but moonlight by carrying out secondary roles such as signal transduction or transcriptional regulation.
  6. IrelandhistoricaltransitiveOf a tenant farmer: to be attacked for not supporting the policies of the Irish National Land League.