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POUNCE

6 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

POUNCE is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

POUNCES-s 5 POUNCING 11 POUNCED-d 5
noun
  1. historicaluncountableusuallyA type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
  2. historicaluncountableusuallyCharcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc.
  3. A sudden leaping attack.
  4. archaicThe claw or talon of a bird of prey.
  5. A punch or stamp.
  6. Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
  7. Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).
verb
  1. transitiveTo sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.
    • to pounce paper, or a pattern
  2. intransitiveTo leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.
    • The kitten pounced at the ball I threw to it.
    • She pounced on the young man, because she loved him and wanted him for herself.
  3. intransitiveTo attack suddenly by leaping.
    • I was awakened from a dead sleep by my child pouncing on top of me from out of nowhere.
  4. intransitiveTo eagerly seize an opportunity.
    • I pounced on the chance to get promoted.
    • While he was out of town on vacation, I pounced, leaking the photos.
    • Why would I talk to the press and give them a chance to pounce on me?
  5. transitiveTo strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
  6. transitiveTo stamp holes in; to perforate.