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REDSHIRTING

11 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 22 pts

REDSHIRTING is a valid 11-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 22 in Super Big Boggle.

REDSHIRTING root REDSHIRT-ing

Word family

REDSHIRT 11 REDSHIRTS-s 11 REDSHIRTED-ed 11
noun
  1. historicalA supporter of the Italian nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi, especially a member of his thousand-man army which conquered Sicily.
  2. historicalA revolutionary or anarchist.
  3. USA college athlete who spends a year not participating in official athletic activities, but does not lose his or her eligibility to participate in following years.
  4. slangAn unimportant character introduced only to be killed in order to underscore the peril to the important characters; an expendable character.
    • Sensing danger, Captain Kirk decided to beam down to the surface with Spock, McCoy, and a couple of redshirts.
  5. USA person responsible for loading and unloading weapons, artillery, and equipment from aircraft.
  6. alternativeAlternative form of Red Shirt (“member of the UDD”).
verb
  1. USTo place an athlete in a status wherein the athlete will spend a year not participating in official athletic activities, but will not lose his or her eligibility to participate in following years.
    • The university decided to redshirt the freshman linebacker to give him an extra year to build up his bulk.
  2. USTo take on a status wherein one will spend a year not participating in official athletic activities.
  3. USTo hold a child out of kindergarten for one year in the hope that the child will do better academically and socially.