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PROVOSTS

8 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

PROVOSTS is a valid 8-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 11 in Super Big Boggle.

PROVOSTS root PROVOST-s

Word family

PROVOST 5
noun
  1. historicalA dean: the head of a cathedral chapter.
  2. The head of various other ecclesiastical bodies, even (rare, obsolete) muezzins.
  3. The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia.
  4. UKThe head of various colleges and universities.
  5. obsoleteA ruler.
  6. A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries.
  7. historicalA prior: an abbot's second-in-command.
  8. USA senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs.
  9. historicalA steward or seneschal: a medieval agent given management of a feudal estate or charged with collecting fees.
  10. obsoletesometimesA title of the archangel Michael.
  11. historicalAny manager or overseer in a medieval or early modern context.
  12. obsoleteA viceroy.
  13. obsoleteA governor.
  14. obsoleteA reeve.
  15. obsoleteThe head of various Roman offices, such as prefect and praetor.
  16. historicalA constable: a medieval or early modern official charged with arresting, holding, and punishing criminals.
  17. An officer of the military police, particularly provost marshal or provost sergeant.
  18. historicalAn assistant fencing master.
  19. UKobsoleteslangA provost cell: a military cell or prison.
verb
  1. UKobsoleteslangtransitiveTo be delivered to a provost marshal for punishment.
    • Around the time of the Rebellions of 1837 and the First Anglo-Afghan War, British servicemen spoke of being provosted.