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PLACE

5 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

PLACE 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.

Word family

PLACES-s 3 PLACING 5 PLACED-d 3 YPLAST 3

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PLACINGS 11
noun
  1. countablephysicaluncountableAn open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
  2. countableoftenphysicaluncountableA street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
    • They live at Westminster Place.
  3. countablephysicaluncountableAn inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
  4. countablephysicaluncountableAny area of the earth: a region.
    • He is going back to his native place on vacation.
  5. countablephysicaluncountableThe area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
    • We asked the restaurant to give us a table with three places.
  6. countablephysicaluncountableThe area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms.
    • Do you want to come over to my place later?
  7. countablephysicaluncountableAn area of the body, especially the skin.
    • Which place hurts the most?
  8. countableeuphemisticphysicalslanguncountableAn area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
  9. countableobsoletephysicaluncountableAn area to fight: a battlefield or the contested ground in a battle.
  10. countableuncountableA location or position in space.
    • I'll check places I think she might be.
  11. countableuncountableProper or usual position.
    • A place for everything, and everything in its place.
  12. countableuncountableA particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader
    • I lost my place when you interrupted me.
  13. countableobsoleteuncountableA passage or extract from a book or document.
  14. countableobsoleterhetoricuncountableA topic.
  15. countableuncountableA state of mind.
    • I'm in a strange place at the moment.
  16. countableobsoleteuncountableA chess position; a square of the chessboard.
  17. countableuncountableA role or purpose; a station.
    • It is really not my place to say what is right and wrong in this case.
  18. countableuncountableThe position of a contestant in a competition.
    • We thought we would win but only ended up in fourth place.
  19. countableuncountableThe position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
    • to win a bet on a horse for place
  20. countableuncountableThe position as a member of a sports team.
    • He lost his place in the national team.
  21. countableobsoleteuncountableA fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
  22. countableuncountableNumerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
    • three decimal places; the hundreds place
  23. countableuncountableOrdinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
    • That's what I said in the first place!
  24. countableuncountableReception; effect, implying the making room for.
verb
  1. transitiveTo put (someone or something) in a specific location.
    • He placed the glass on the table.
    • to place someone on a pedestal
  2. ergativeTo earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
    • The Cowboys placed third in the league.
    • Run Ragged was placed fourth in the race.
  3. ergativeintransitiveTo finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
    • In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.
  4. transitiveTo remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
    • I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where.
  5. transitiveTo vouch for someone's alibi.
    • The librarian was placed at home by her neighbor at the time of the murder.
  6. transitiveTo sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
  7. transitiveTo make.
    • to place a call
    • to place an order
    • to place an ad in the newspaper
    • to place a bid
    • to place a bet
    • to place a wager
  8. transitiveTo bet.
    • I placed ten dollars on the Lakers beating the Bulls.
  9. transitiveTo recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
    • They phoned hoping to place her in the management team.
  10. transitiveTo place-kick (a goal).
  11. transitiveTo assign (more or less value) to something.
    • My workplace places a high premium on team spirit.
    • She places little value on religion.