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OPENS

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

OPENS is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

OPENS root OPEN-s

Word family

OPEN 1 OPENER-er 3 OPENEST-est 5 OPENING-ing 5 OPENED-ed 3

Might be on the same board

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

OPENLY 3 OPENERS 5 OPENABLE 11 OPENINGS 11 OPENNESS 11 OPENNESSES 11 OPENABILITY 11 OPENABILITIES 11
adjective
  1. usuallyAble to have something pass through or along it.
    • Come in – the door's open.
    • The ice has cleared and the channel is open again.
  2. usuallyNot covered, sealed, etc.; having an opening or aperture showing what is inside.
    • The jewellery box was lying open.
    • Don't just stand there with your mouth open!
    • Along the street ran an open sewer.
  3. usuallyNot physically drawn together, folded or contracted.
    • She greeted them with open arms.
    • The book was open at page 23.
    • an open hand; an open flower; an open (loosely woven) fabric
  4. usuallyOf a space, free of objects and obstructions.
    • It was a large, open room.
    • Most of the site was occupied by huts, but there was an open area in the centre.
    • Soon we left the forest behind and we were out in open country.
  5. usuallyResulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
    • an open fracture
  6. proscribedsometimesusuallyUnlocked or unlatched but not physically open.
  7. usuallyIn a position allowing fluid to flow.
  8. usuallyOf a sandwich, etc.: composed of a single slice of bread with a topping.
    • open sandwich
  9. regionalusuallyNot of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
    • an open winter
  10. Available for use or operation.
    • Your bank account is now open.
    • Phone lines open at 10 pm.
    • This is the only option open to us.
  11. Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
    • Banks are not open on bank holidays.
  12. Allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
    • I hereby declare this fete open.
    • The school has an open day on Saturday.
  13. comparableReceptive.
    • I am open to new ideas.
  14. comparableSusceptible or vulnerable (to the stated means).
    • open to question; open to attack; open to criticism
  15. usuallyIn current use; connected to as a resource.
    • I couldn't save my changes because another user had the same file open.
  16. Running.
    • You're getting short of memory because you have too many apps open.
  17. Not concealed; overt.
    • It is a blatant example of open criminality.
  18. Of a person, not concealing their feelings, opinions, etc.; candid, ingenuous.
    • Nowadays people are more open about their sexuality.
  19. Public.
    • He published an open letter to the governor on a full page of The New York Times.
  20. Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
    • You will observe that this is an open letter and we reserve the right to mention it to the judge should the matter come to trial.
  21. With open access, of open science, or both.
    • We hope that all aspects of the project will be open rather than paywalled.
  22. Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
  23. Of a tournament or competition, allowing anyone to enter, especially or originally irrespective of professional or amateur status.
  24. Characterised by free-flowing play.
    • Compared to their last match, which was a dour and defensive affair, this was a very open game.
  25. Not settled; not decided or determined; not withdrawn from consideration.
    • an open question
    • to keep an offer or opportunity open
  26. sometimesNot fulfilled or resolved; incomplete.
    • I've got open orders for as many containers of red durum as you can get me.
  27. Not having one end joined to the other; not forming a closed loop.
    • an open curve, an open circuit
  28. In a position such that a circuit is not completed, preventing electricity from flowing.
  29. Having different first and last vertices.
  30. Ending in a vowel; not having a coda.
  31. Having a free variable.
  32. Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.
  33. Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
  34. Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
  35. Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
  36. Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
  37. Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
  38. Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
  39. especiallyOf a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
verb
  1. intransitivetransitiveTo make or become accessible or clear for passage by moving from a shut position.
    • Turn the doorknob to open the door.
    • The door opened all by itself.
  2. intransitivetransitiveTo make or become clear by removal of objects and obstructions, so as to allow passage, access, or visibility.
    • The icebreaker opened the channel.
    • The ice melted away and the channel opened.
    • He opened a path through the undergrowth.
    • After we left the forest, the country opened into a wide, flat plain.
  3. intransitivetransitiveTo unseal or uncover, or become unsealed or uncovered.
    • You can open your eyes now!
    • Her eyes opened wide.
  4. intransitivetransitiveTo spread; to expand into a wider or looser position.
    • to open a closed fist
    • to open matted cotton by separating the fibres
    • to open a map, book, scroll, padlock
    • The flower opened in the sunlight.
    • Her arms opened in welcome.
  5. transitiveTo make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
  6. intransitivetransitiveTo reveal one's hand.
    • Jeff opens his hand revealing a straight flush.
  7. intransitivetransitiveTo move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
  8. especiallyintransitivetransitiveTo angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
  9. intransitivetransitiveTo cause or allow a gap to form or widen.
    • Mudchester Rovers opened a sizeable lead on their rivals.
    • A link opened under the strain, and the chain came apart.
  10. intransitivetransitiveTo move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
  11. intransitivetransitiveTo make or become operative or available.
    • He opened a secret bank account in Switzerland.
    • We're opening the phone lines in ten minutes.
    • Phone lines will open in ten minutes.
  12. intransitivetransitiveTo make or become accessible to customers, clients or visitors.
    • I will open the shop an hour early tomorrow.
    • The summer fete was opened by the mayor.
    • The shop opens at 9:00.
    • The fete opened an hour late because of bad weather.
  13. intransitivetransitiveTo make or become receptive or susceptible (to something).
    • Reading this book will open you to new ideas.
    • This policy will open the government to criticism.
    • As he grew older, he opened to new ways of doing things.
  14. intransitivetransitiveTo connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.
    • I can't open the file because someone else is editing it.
  15. ManglishQuebecTo turn on; to switch on.
    • Please open the lights, the (electric) fan, the TV.
  16. intransitivetransitiveTo start (an event or activity) as the first performer or actor.
    • The show was opened by a terrible Elvis impersonator.
    • Our band opened, and they came on second.
    • Vermont will open elk hunting season next week.
  17. intransitiveTo precede another as a performer at a concert or show.
    • Our band opened for Nirvana.
  18. intransitiveOf an event, activity etc., to start or get underway.
    • The meeting opened with a statement from the chairman.
  19. transitiveTo bring up, broach.
    • I don't want to open that subject.
  20. transitiveTo enter upon, begin.
    • to open a discussion
    • to open fire upon an enemy
    • to open trade, or correspondence
    • to open a case in court, or a meeting
  21. intransitivetransitiveTo start running (a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface).
    • Click this icon to open Microsoft Word.
  22. intransitiveTo begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
  23. intransitiveTo bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
    • After the first two players fold, Julie opens for $5.
  24. transitiveTo make an open relationship or marriage, i.e., with possible additional relationships.
  25. obsoleteTo disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
noun
  1. Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
    • I can't believe you left the lawnmower out in the open when you knew it was going to rain this afternoon!
    • Wary of hunters, the fleeing deer kept well out of the open, dodging instead from thicket to thicket.
  2. Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
    • We have got to bring this company's corrupt business practices into the open.
  3. A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
    • The electrician found the open in the circuit after a few minutes of testing.
  4. A sports event in which anybody can compete, especially or originally irrespective of amateur or professional status.
    • the Australian Open
  5. The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.