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NEARING

7 letters

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Classic 5 pts
Big 5 pts
Super Big 5 pts

NEARING 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.

NEARING root NEAR-ing

Word family

NEAR 1 NEARER-er 3 NEAREST-est 5 NEARS-s 2 NEARED-ed 3

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

NEARLY 3 NEARNESS 11 NEARNESSES 11
adjective
  1. Physically close.
    • I can't see near objects very clearly without my glasses.
    • Stay near at all times.
  2. Close in time.
    • The end is near.
    • We're getting near to Christmas.
  3. Closely connected or related.
    • The deceased man had no near relatives.
  4. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
    • It is a matter of near consequence to me.
    • a near friend
  5. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
    • a version near to the original
  6. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
    • a near escape
  7. Approximate, almost.
    • The two words are near synonyms.
  8. UKOn the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
    • The near front wheel came loose.
  9. datedNext to the driver, when he is on foot; (US) on the left of an animal or a team.
    • the near ox; the near leg
  10. obsoleteImmediate; direct; close; short.
  11. archaicStingy; parsimonious.
    • Don't be near with your pocketbook.
  12. Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
    • a near pointer
adverb
  1. At or towards a position close in space or time.
  2. Nearly; almost.
    • He was near unconscious when I found him.
    • I jumped into the near-freezing water.
    • I near ruptured myself trying to move the piano.
preposition
  1. Physically close to, in close proximity to.
    • There are habitable planets orbiting many of the stars near our Sun.
  2. Close to in time.
    • The voyage was near completion.
  3. Close to in nature or degree.
    • His opinions are near the limit of what is acceptable.
verb
  1. ambitransitiveTo come closer to; to approach.
    • The ship nears the land.
noun
  1. The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.
  2. DerbyshiredialectalrareKidney.