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ROVER

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

ROVER is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

ROVERS-s 3
noun
  1. One who roves: a person or animal that travels around, especially over a wide area, without a fixed destination; a nomad, a roamer, a wanderer.
  2. broadlydatedA restless, unsteady person who does not settle down; specifically (historical), a flirtatious, unfaithful man; a rake.
    • She is a rover and dislikes any sort of ties, physical or emotional.
  3. broadlyhistoricalAlso rover ticket: a person who has a ticket for an event, performance, etc., but no assigned seat, and so has to find a place to sit or stand.
  4. broadlyA small manned or unmanned land vehicle for exploring extraterrestrial bodies.
  5. broadlyA defensive back position whose coverage responsibilities are a combination of those of a cornerback, linebacker, and safety; also, a player playing this position.
  6. broadlyhistoricalChiefly in the plural in the form to shoot at rovers: a target randomly selected by an archer, usually for practice; also, a fixed target for practising long-distance shooting.
  7. broadlyobsoleteA type of heavy arrow used for long-distance shooting.
  8. broadlyA position that is one of three of a team's followers making up a ruck, who follow the ball around the ground; also, a player playing this position, who is generally fast and skilful at receiving the ball, and formerly of shorter stature.
  9. broadlyIn full rover ball: a ball which has passed through all the hoops and would peg out if it hit the stake but is continued in play to help fellow players or obstruct opposing players; also, the player of such a ball.
  10. broadlyhistoricalAlternative letter-case form of Rover (“an early type of safety bicycle with a lower riding position than previous models”).
  11. broadlyA remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) or remotely operated vehicle (ROV).
  12. broadlyAlternative letter-case form of Rover (“Short for Land Rover (“a type of road vehicle capable of being driven off-road”)”).
  13. broadlyThe tenth defensive player in slow-pitch softball.
  14. broadlyhistoricalA forward whose responsibility was to feed the scrum and protect the scrum-half; the position was abandoned after a 1931 rule change.
  15. UKbroadlyAlternative letter-case form of Rover (“Short for Rover Scout (“a member of a Scouting organization for young men too old to be Boy Scouts”)”).
  16. UKattributivebroadlyEspecially in rover ticket: a type of pass, ticket, etc., that allows the holder unlimited travel on certain types of public transport for specified periods.
  17. UKbroadlyhistoricalIn full rover patrol: an airborne reconnaissance patrol.
  18. A pirate.
  19. A pirate ship.
  20. obsoleteA plunderer, a raider, a robber.
  21. historicalOne who forms cotton, wool, or other fibres into rovings (“long, narrow bundles of fibres”), specifically using a roving frame in a mill.
  22. historicalA machine used to make rovings, especially a roving frame.