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PELT

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

PELT 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

PELTS-s 2 PELTING-ing 5 PELTED-ed 3

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PELTINGS 11 PELTINGLY 11
noun
  1. The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
  2. alsofigurativelyThe skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.
  3. The fur or hair of a living animal.
  4. IrelandhumorousinformalHuman skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.
  5. obsoleteA garment made from animal skins.
  6. obsoleteThe body of any quarry killed by a hawk; also, a dead bird given to a hawk for food.
  7. transitiveA beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.
  8. transitiveA blow or stroke from something thrown.
  9. figurativelytransitiveA verbal insult; a jeer, a jibe, a taunt.
  10. figurativelytransitiveA fit of anger; an outburst, a rage.
  11. transitiveAn act of moving quickly; a rush.
  12. ScotlandarchaictransitiveA tattered or worthless piece of clothing; a rag.
  13. ScotlandarchaicbroadlytransitiveAnything in a ragged and worthless state; rubbish, trash.
  14. historicalobsoleteraretransitiveA small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptical form, or crescent-shaped.
  15. obsoleteraretransitiveA flat apothecium with no rim.
verb
  1. transitiveTo remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.
  2. transitiveChiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.
  3. obsoleteraretransitiveTo remove feathers from (a bird).
  4. transitiveTo bombard (someone or something) with missiles.
    • The children are pelting each other with snowballs.
    • They pelted the attacking army with bullets.
  5. transitiveTo force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.
  6. transitiveOf a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower.
  7. transitiveChiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at.
    • The children pelted apples at us.
  8. dialectaltransitiveTo repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something).
  9. figurativelytransitiveTo assail (someone) with harsh words in speech or writing; to abuse, to insult.
  10. intransitivetransitiveEspecially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
    • It’s pelting down out there!
  11. figurativelyintransitivetransitiveTo move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
    • I pelted across to where my family was sitting.
    • The bus went pelting down the hill.
  12. alsoarchaicfigurativelyintransitivetransitiveChiefly followed by at: to bombard someone or something with missiles continuously.
  13. intransitiveobsoletetransitiveTo throw out harsh words; to show anger.
  14. intransitiveobsoletetransitiveTo bargain for a better deal; to haggle.