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RETREAT

7 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 5 pts
Big 5 pts
Super Big 5 pts

RETREAT is a valid 7-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 5 in Classic, 5 in Big, and 5 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

RETREATS-s 11 RETREATING-ing 11 RETREATED-ed 11

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

RETREATER 11 RETREATANT 11 RETREATERS 11 RETREATANTS 11
noun
  1. The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
  2. The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
  3. Withdrawal by a military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
    • The general opted for a swift retreat because he saw his troops were vastly outnumbered.
  4. A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
    • a mountain retreat
  5. euphemisticobsoleterareA peaceful, quiet place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory.
  6. A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude, especially for meditation, prayer, or study.
    • We both need a week retreat after those two stressful years working in the city.
    • a Buddhist retreat
    • a company retreat
  7. A signal for a military withdrawal.
  8. A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
  9. A military ceremony to lower the flag.
  10. The move of a piece from a threatened position.
verb
  1. intransitiveTo withdraw from a position, go back.
  2. intransitiveTo withdraw military forces.
    • The general refused to order his soldiers to retreat, despite being vastly outnumbered.
  3. intransitiveTo shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures. (of a glacier)
  4. intransitiveTo slope back.
    • a retreating forehead
  5. alternativeintransitiveAlternative form of re-treat.