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PETTICOAT

9 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 18 pts

PETTICOAT is a valid 9-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 18 in Super Big Boggle.

noun
  1. historicalA tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.
  2. historicalA woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.
  3. historicalA fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.
  4. archaichistoricalA type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.
  5. A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.
  6. slangA woman.
  7. historicalA bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.
verb
  1. transitiveTo dress in a petticoat.
adjective
  1. datedFeminine; female; involving a woman.
    • petticoat influence
    • a petticoat affair