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RAT

3 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big too short
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Super Big too short
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RAT is a valid 3-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic Boggle, though it's too short for Big and Super Big (which need four-letter words).

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noun
  1. Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
  2. A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
  3. informalA person who is known for betrayal.
    • rat bastard
    • What a rat, leaving us stranded here!
  4. informalAn informant or snitch.
  5. informalA scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.
  6. slangA person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
    • Our teenager has become a mall rat.
    • He loved hockey and was a devoted rink rat.
  7. A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
  8. A roll of material used to puff out the hair, which is turned over it.
  9. UKslangvulgarVagina, vulva.
    • Get your rat out.
  10. abbreviationellipsisinformalEllipsis of muskrat.
  11. regionalA scratch or a score.
  12. regionalA place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn apart in stormy weather.
  13. slangA ration.
verb
  1. usuallyTo hunt or kill rats.
  2. intransitiveTo betray a political party, cause or principle; to betray someone, to desert a person or thing.
  3. informalintransitiveTo work as a scab, going against trade union policies.
  4. USTo backcomb (hair).
  5. intransitiveTo inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities.
    • He ratted on his coworker.
    • He is going to rat us out!
  6. regionalTo scratch or score.
    • He ratted a vertical line on his face with a pocket knife.
  7. obsoleterareregionalTo tear, rip, rend.
    • Ratted to shreds.
  8. Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.