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PROVERBIAL

10 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 20 pts

PROVERBIAL is a valid 10-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 20 in Super Big Boggle.

Might be on the same board

Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

PROVERBIALLY 11 PROVERBIALISM 11 PROVERBIALIZE 11 PROVERBIALISMS 11 PROVERBIALIZED 11 PROVERBIALIZES 11 PROVERBIALIZING 11
adjective
  1. Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
    • The busyness of a beaver is proverbial.
    • The beaver in this instance upheld the reputation of the proverbial one: her output was prodigious.
  2. Optionally placed before an element of a well-known proverb or metaphor to emphasize that the element is not being used in a literal sense (see Usage notes below)
    • the proverbial smoking gun
    • the proverbial spilled milk
    • The visit was a warning shot across our proverbial bow
  3. Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
    • I grew up in a prefab house on Main Street in 1950s suburbia, the second and last child of a proverbial nuclear family.
noun
  1. euphemisticUsed to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.
    • I think we should be prepared in case the proverbial hits the fan.
    • Are you taking the proverbial?
  2. euphemisticThe groin or the testicles.
    • You'll find they've got you by the proverbials.