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NUKE

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

NUKE is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

NUKES-s 2 NUKING 3 NUKED-d 2
noun
  1. UScolloquialA nuclear weapon.
  2. USbroadlycolloquialSomething that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
  3. UScolloquialA nuclear power station.
  4. UScolloquialA vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
  5. UScolloquialA person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
  6. UScolloquialA cautionary flag placed on a release to label it as "bad" for some reason or another (e.g., being a dupe of a previous release or containing malware).
  7. UScolloquialrareA microwave oven.
    • Just put it in the nuke for two minutes and it will be ready to eat.
  8. UScolloquialA spell, item or ability that does a large amount of damage over a short period of time.
  9. USalternativecolloquialAlternative spelling of nuc (“nucleus colony of bees”).
  10. USalternativecolloquialobsoleteAlternative form of nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”).
  11. USalternativearchaiccolloquialAlternative form of nook (“a corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land”).
verb
  1. CanadaUScolloquialtransitiveTo use a nuclear weapon on (a target).
    • If a nuclear war ever breaks out, military facilities are likely to be nuked first.
  2. CanadaUScolloquialfigurativelytransitiveTo destroy or erase completely.
    • He had his posts nuked from the Google archives.
  3. InternetUSbroadlycolloquialtransitiveTo carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
  4. InternetUScolloquialtransitiveTo maliciously destroy an online community or chat server (especially on Discord) by mass-deleting channels, roles, and messages, or by mass-banning members, often using an automated script or bot.
    • The Chaos Gang managed to get administrator permissions and nuke the entire server in seconds.
  5. CanadaUScolloquialtransitiveTo expose to some form of radiation.
  6. CanadaUScolloquialtransitiveTo cook in a microwave oven.
    • I’ll nuke some pizza for dinner.
  7. UScolloquialtransitiveTo overanalyze or despair unduly over something.