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POUND

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

POUND 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

POUNDS-s 3 POUNDING-ing 11 POUNDED-ed 5 POWN 1
noun
  1. A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
  2. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of pound weight.
  3. Various non-English units of measure.
  4. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of pound mass.
  5. Various non-English units of measure.
  6. A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
  7. A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
  8. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of pound force.
  9. Various non-English units of measure.
  10. abbreviationellipsisinformalEllipsis of pound-force.
  11. The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
  12. Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Nigeria, Israel, and South Africa.
  13. Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
    • the Rhode Island pound; the New Hampshire pound
  14. informalVarious non-English units of currency not officially called pounds.
  15. USThe symbol #.
    • To be connected, press pound.
  16. A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
  17. metonymicallyThe people who work for the pound.
  18. UKA place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
  19. A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
  20. A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
  21. NewfoundlandA division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.
  22. A hard blow.
verb
  1. UKregionalslangtransitiveTo wager a pound on.
  2. To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
  3. transitiveTo strike hard, usually repeatedly.
  4. transitiveTo crush to pieces; to pulverize.
  5. slangtransitiveTo eat or drink very quickly.
    • You really pounded that beer!
  6. slangtransitiveTo pitch consistently to a certain location.
    • The pitcher has been pounding the outside corner all night.
  7. intransitiveTo beat strongly or throb.
    • As I tiptoed past the sleeping dog, my heart was pounding but I remained silent.
    • My head was pounding.
  8. slangtransitivevulgarTo penetrate sexually, with vigour.
    • I was pounding her all night!
  9. To advance heavily with measured steps.
  10. To make a jarring noise, as when running.
    • The engine pounds.