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RADAR

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

RADAR 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

RADARS-s 3
noun
  1. uncountableIn full primary radar: a method of detecting a distant object and determining its position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysing radio waves (usually microwaves) which are sent towards the object and which reflect off its surfaces; also, the field of study of this method.
    • They were able to find the enemy fleet using radar.
  2. broadlyuncountableIn full secondary radar: a method of detecting a distant object and determining its position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysing signals transmitted by the object in response to radio waves sent towards the object.
  3. countableOften preceded by a descriptive word: a system using one of the above detection methods, differentiated by configuration or platform, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.
    • The Ministry of Defence funded the development of an entirely new radar and improved avionics.
  4. countableAn installation of the apparatus for operating one of the above detection systems.
    • Each of these aircraft has been upgraded with a new radar and a more powerful engine.
  5. broadlyuncountableOften preceded by a descriptive word: a natural (for example, in an animal such as a bat) or human-made detection method based on the analysis of reflected signals other than radio waves, as light waves or sound waves; (countable) an instance of this.
  6. countablefigurativelyA superior ability to detect something; an awareness, an intuition.
    • His sensitive radar for hidden alliances keeps him out of trouble.
verb
  1. transitiveTo use a radar apparatus (noun senses 1, 1.1, or 2) on (someone or something); to scan (someone or something) with, or as if with, radar.