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PHILOPENAS

10 letters

◐ IN SOME DICTIONARIES
TWL06 ✗ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✗
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 20 pts

PHILOPENAS is a valid 10-letter Boggle word. It's listed in SOWPODS but not TWL06 and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 20 in Super Big Boggle.

PHILOPENAS root PHILOPENA-s

noun
  1. countableuncountableA game in which a person, on finding a double-kernelled almond or nut, may offer the second kernel to another person and demand a playful forfeit from that person to be paid on their next meeting. The forfeit may simply be to exchange the greeting "Good-day, Philopena" or it may be more elaborate. Philopenas were often played as a form of flirtation.
  2. countableuncountableThe occasion on which a philopena is forfeited; the forfeit paid.
  3. countableuncountableA nut or almond with a double kernel, as used to set a philopena.