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RECESSES

8 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

RECESSES 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.

RECESSES root RECESS-es

Word family

RECESS 3 RECESSING-ing 11 RECESSED-ed 11

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

RECESSION 11 RECESSIVE 11 RECESSIONS 11 RECESSIVES 11 RECESSIVELY 11 RECESSIVENESS 11 RECESSIVENESSES 11
noun
  1. countableA depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
    • Put a generous recess behind the handle for finger space.
  2. countableuncountableA small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest; a niche.
  3. countableslanguncountableThe place in a prison where the communal lavatories are located.
  4. countableA hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.
  5. archaiccountableuncountableA place of retirement, retreat, or seclusion.
  6. countablefigurativelyuncountableAn obscure, remote, or secret situation.
    • the difficulties and recesses of science
  7. countableA temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.
    • Spring recess offers a good chance to travel.
  8. countableuncountableA period of time when the proceedings of a committee, court of law, parliament, or other official body are temporarily suspended.
  9. AustraliaCanadaPhilippinesUKUScountableuncountableA time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.
    • Students who do not listen in class will not play outside during recess.
  10. archaiccountableAn act of retiring or withdrawing; a moving back.
    • the recess of the tides
  11. countablehistoricalA decree or resolution of the diet of the Holy Roman Empire or the Hanseatic League.
  12. countableobsoleteAn act of retiring or withdrawing from public life, society, etc.; also, an act of living in retirement or seclusion, or a period of such retirement or seclusion.
  13. countableobsoleteuncountableLeisure, relaxation.
  14. countableobsoleteuncountableThe state of being withdrawn.
  15. countablefigurativelyobsoleteA departure from a norm or position.
  16. countablefigurativelyobsoleteA time interval during which something ceases; an interruption, a respite.
  17. countableAn overall-concave, reentrant section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.
  18. countableAn extension or outpouching of a cavity (e.g. articular recess, peritoneal recess,...)
adjective
  1. obsoleterareOf a place or time: distant, remote.
verb
  1. transitiveTo position (something) a distance behind another thing; to set back.
  2. oftentransitiveTo make a recess (noun senses 1 and 1.1) in (something).
    • to recess a wall
  3. alsooftenreflexivetransitiveOften preceded by in or into: to inset (something) into a recess or niche.
    • That gargoyle recesses into the rest of architecture.
    • Recess the screw so it does not stick out.
  4. figurativelytransitiveTo conceal, to hide.
  5. UStransitiveTo temporarily suspend (a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.).
  6. USinformaltransitiveTo make a recess appointment in respect of (someone).
  7. USintransitiveOf a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.: to adjourn, to take a break.
    • Class will recess for 20 minutes.
    • The meeting was recessed at midday.
  8. USintransitiveOf an official body: to suspend proceedings for a period of time.
    • This court shall recess for its lunch break now.
    • The court recessed early for the weekend.