Boggle Word Finder
NAMESAKE
✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✓
Classic
11
pts
Big
11
pts
Super Big
11
pts
NAMESAKE 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
- An entity that lends its name to another entity.
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A person with the same name as another.
- The statesman Winston Churchill has a namesake, the American novelist Winston Churchill.
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One who is named after another, often a child named after the parent or an ancestor.
- Bill Sr's namesake, Bill Jr, is 30 years younger.
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One for whom another is named, often the parent or ancestor who gave the name to a child.
- Bill Jr's namesake, Bill Sr, is 30 years older.
- broadlySomething (especially a ship, a building, or a medical condition, symptom, or sign) that is named after someone or something.
verb
- transitiveTo name (somebody) after somebody else.