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OLD

3 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big too short
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Super Big too short
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OLD is a valid 3-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic Boggle, though it's too short for Big and Super Big (which need four-letter words).

Word family

OLDER-er 2 ELDER 2 OLDEST-est 3 ELDEST 3 OLE 1 OULD 1 AULD 1 WOLD 1 OLDS-s 1

Might be on the same board

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

OLDNESS 5 OLDNESSES 11
adjective
  1. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
    • an old abandoned building
    • an old friend
  2. Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
    • a wrinkled old man
  3. Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life.
    • an old loaf of bread
  4. Of a species or language, belonging to a lineage that is distantly related to others.
    • the ginkgo is one of the oldest living trees
    • Basque is the oldest language in Europe
  5. Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
    • I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.
  6. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
    • How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child.
    • My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old.
  7. Former, previous.
    • My new car is not as good as my old one. a school reunion for Old Etonians
  8. That is no longer in existence.
    • The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.
  9. Obsolete; out-of-date.
    • That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.
  10. Familiar.
    • When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho.
  11. UKBeing a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school.
  12. Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
    • Your constant pestering is getting old.
  13. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
  14. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive, and combined with another adjective.
    • We're having a good old time.
    • My next car will be a big old SUV.
    • My wife makes the best little old apple pie in Texas.
    • Look at Murphy playing with newest old favorite toy; he loves it!
    • any old
  15. informalIndicating affection and familiarity.
  16. Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
  17. obsoleteExcessive, abundant.
noun
  1. countableinvariablepluraluncountablePeople who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
    • A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.
  2. countableslanguncountableA person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
    • I'm not letting an old wreck my good time today.
    • I'm not letting any olds wreck my good time today.
  3. countableslanguncountableOne's parents.
    • I had to sneak out to meet my girlfriend and tell the olds I was going to the library.
  4. AustraliauncountableA typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.