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RETAIN

6 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

RETAIN is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

RETAINS-s 5 RETAINING-ing 11 RETAINED-ed 11

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

RETAINER 11 RETAINERS 11 RETAINABLE 11 RETAINMENT 11 RETAINMENTS 11
verb
  1. transitiveOften followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
  2. transitiveTo hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year; to keep back.
  3. transitiveOf a thing: to hold or keep (something) inside it; to contain.
    • water retained by a dam
  4. transitiveTo hold back (tissue or a substance, especially urine) in the body or a body organ.
  5. transitiveTo hold (something) secure; to prevent (something) from becoming detached or separated.
  6. transitiveTo keep (something) in control or possession; to continue having (something); to keep back.
  7. transitiveTo keep (something) in the mind; to recall, to remember.
  8. transitiveTo keep (something) in place or use, instead of removing or abolishing it; to preserve.
  9. transitiveTo engage or hire (someone), especially temporarily.
  10. transitiveTo employ (someone, especially a lawyer) by paying a retainer (“fee one pays to reserve another person's time for services”); specifically, to engage (a barrister) by making an initial payment to secure their services if needed.
  11. transitiveTo keep (someone) in one's pay or service; also, (chiefly historical) to maintain (someone) as a dependent or follower.
  12. reflexivetransitiveTo control or restrain (oneself); to exercise self-control over (oneself).
  13. archaictransitiveTo keep (someone) in custody; to prevent (someone) from leaving.
  14. transitiveTo declare (a sin) not forgiven.
  15. intransitiveTo keep in control or possession; to continue having.
  16. intransitiveTo have the ability to keep something in the mind; to use the memory.
  17. intransitiveOf a body or body organ: to hold back tissue or a substance.
  18. intransitiveobsoleteTo refrain from doing something.
  19. intransitiveobsoleteTo be a dependent or follower to someone.
  20. intransitiveobsoleterareTo continue, to remain.
noun
  1. obsoleteAn act of holding or keeping something; a possession, a retention.
  2. obsoleteSynonym of retinue (“a group of attendants or servants, especially of someone considered important”).