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SCARECROW

9 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 18 pts

SCARECROW 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.

Word family

SCARECROWS-s 11
noun
  1. An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there.
  2. broadlyderogatoryA person or animal regarded as resembling a scarecrow (sense 1) in some way; especially, a tall, thin, awkward person; or a person wearing ragged and tattered clothes.
  3. datedSynonym of crow scarer (“a farmhand employed to scare birds from the fields”).
  4. figurativelyAnything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger.
  5. figurativelyhistoricalMilitary equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.
  6. UKdialectalobsoleteThe black tern (Chlidonias niger).
  7. UKdialectalobsoleteThe hooded crow (Corvus cornix).
verb
  1. transitiveTo cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look awkward and stiff, like a scarecrow (noun sense 1).
  2. transitiveTo splay (one's arms) away from the body, like the arms of a scarecrow.
  3. transitiveTo frighten or terrify (someone or something), as if using a scarecrow.
  4. archaictransitiveTo spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing.