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MOTIVING

8 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

MOTIVING 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.

MOTIVING root MOTIVE

noun
  1. obsoleteAn idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
  2. An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
  3. obsoleterareA limb or other bodily organ that can move.
  4. Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
    • What would his motive be for burning down the cottage?
    • No-one could understand why she had hidden the shovel; her motives were obscure at best.
  5. alternativeAlternative form of motif.
    • If you listen carefully, you can hear the flutes mimicking the cello motive.
  6. UKA party, gathering, or get-together.
  7. UKOne's plans for the day or night.
    • What's the motive for tonight, lads?
verb
  1. transitiveTo prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
adjective
  1. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
    • a motive argument
    • motive power
  2. Relating to motion and/or to its cause