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PENITENTIARY

12 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 24 pts

PENITENTIARY is a valid 12-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 24 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

PENITENTIARIES 11
noun
  1. USA state or federal prison for convicted felons; (loosely) a prison.
  2. A priest in the Roman Catholic Church who administers the sacrament of penance.
  3. obsoleteOne who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
  4. obsoleteOne who does penance.
  5. obsoleteA small building in a monastery, or a part of a church, where penitents confessed.
  6. obsoleteAn office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc.; run by a cardinal called the Grand Penitentiary who is appointed by the pope.
  7. obsoleteAn officer in some dioceses since 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to penance; penitential.
  2. Of or relating to the punishment of criminals.