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SETTLE

6 letters

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Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

SETTLE 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

SETTLES-s 5 SETTLING 11 SETTLED-d 5

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SETTLINGS 11
verb
  1. transitiveTo determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
    • His fears were settled
    • She hopes to settle any questions about the plans.
    • The question of the succession to a throne needs to be settled.
  2. transitiveTo conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
    • to settle a quarrel
  3. transitiveIn particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
  4. transitiveTo close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
  5. colloquialtransitiveTo pay (a bill or debt).
  6. intransitiveTo adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
    • He has settled with his creditors.
  7. intransitiveTo conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
  8. transitiveTo place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
    • to settle my affairs
    • to settle her estate
  9. transitiveTo put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.
  10. transitiveTo cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
  11. UKdialectaltransitiveTo silence, especially by force.
  12. transitiveTo kill.
  13. transitiveTo bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
    • clear weather settles the roads
  14. intransitiveTo become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
    • The weather settled.
    • Wait until the crowd settles before speaking.
  15. intransitiveTo become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
    • The roads settled late in the spring.
  16. transitiveTo place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.
  17. transitiveIn particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
  18. USobsoletetransitiveIn particular, to establish in pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish.
    • to settle a minister
  19. transitiveTo formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
  20. intransitiveobsoleteTo make a jointure for a spouse.
  21. intransitiveTo become married, or a householder.
  22. intransitiveTo be established in a profession or in employment.
  23. intransitiveusuallyTo become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
    • They settled down at an inn.
    • The hawk settled on a branch.
  24. intransitiveTo fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
    • the Saxons who settled in Britain
  25. intransitivetransitiveTo colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
    • the French first settled Canada
    • the Puritans settled New England
    • Plymouth was settled in 1620.
  26. transitiveTo move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
  27. transitiveTo clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
    • to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee
  28. transitiveTo cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
    • to settle the sediment out of the water
  29. transitiveTo render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
    • to settle the chips in the potato chip bag by shaking it
  30. intransitiveTo sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
  31. intransitiveTo sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
  32. intransitiveTo become compact due to sinking.
    • The chips in the bag of potato chips settled during shipping.
  33. intransitiveTo become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. Also used figuratively.)
    • wine settles by standing
  34. ambitransitiveOf an animal: to make or become pregnant.
noun
  1. archaicA seat of any kind.
  2. archaicA long bench with a high back and arms, often with chest or storage space underneath.
  3. obsoleteA place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. (Compare a depression.)