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RECOVERED

9 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 18 pts

RECOVERED is a valid 9-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 18 in Super Big Boggle.

RECOVERED root RECOVER-ed

Word family

RECOVER 5 RECOVERS-s 11 RECOVERING-ing 11
verb
  1. transitiveTo get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
    • After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet.
    • For days telescopes surveyed the skies to recover the small asteroid.
  2. transitiveTo salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).
    • They recovered three of the explorers very much alive, then another, wracked with severe hypothermia, who was taken to hospital.
  3. transitiveTo replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
    • At the top of the hill I asked to stop for a few minutes to recover my strength.
  4. intransitiveTo obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.
    • The plaintiff recovered in his suit, being awarded declaratory relief and a clearing of his name.
  5. transitiveTo gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process.
    • to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a legal action or that is owing
    • to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery
    • recover one's investment
  6. obsoletetransitiveTo reach (a place), arrive at.
  7. archaictransitiveTo restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
  8. archaictransitiveTo make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
    • to recover lost time
  9. intransitiveTo regain one's composure, balance etc.
    • Spinning round, he caught a stone with his ankle, but recovered quickly before turning to face me.
  10. intransitiveTo get better, to regain health or prosperity.
    • I was hurt, but I knew I’d recover, given time.
    • Without calling in Business Recovery experts, the company saw trade and investor confidence recover sharply in the wake of the crisis.
    • I lost out in the deal, but I quickly recovered financially
    • It takes time and good health to recover from injury, surgery, a bereavement and emotional turmoil
  11. archaictransitiveTo recover from.
    • To the end of his days, he never fully recovered his daughter's death.
  12. To cover again.
  13. To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.
noun
  1. obsoleteRecovery.
  2. A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.
  3. datedThe forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery).