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SHARPEST

8 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

SHARPEST is a valid 8-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 11 in Super Big Boggle.

SHARPEST root SHARP-est

Word family

SHARP 2 SHARPER-er 5 SHARPS-s 3 SHARPING-ing 11 SHARPED-ed 5
adjective
  1. Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
    • I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving.
    • Ernest made the pencil too sharp and accidentally stabbed himself with it.
    • a face with sharp features
  2. colloquialIntelligent.
    • My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.
  3. Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ⟨♯⟩ after the name of the note).
  4. Higher in pitch than required.
    • The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone.
  5. Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
    • Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated.
    • This grapefruit is especially sharp.
  6. Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
    • A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions.
    • The man turned and made a sharp movement towards the door.
  7. colloquialIllegal or dishonest.
    • Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books.
  8. colloquialKeenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
    • a sharp dealer, a sharp customer, sharp practice
  9. Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
    • You'll need sharp aim to make that shot.
  10. Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
    • sharp criticism
    • When the two rivals met, first there were sharp words, and then a fight broke out.
  11. colloquialStylish, smart or attractive.
    • You look so sharp in that tuxedo!
  12. Observant; alert; acute.
    • Keep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape!
  13. Quick and alert.
    • Jones, the centre forward, made a sharp start to the game.
  14. Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
    • a sharp contrast, a sharp distinction
  15. Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
    • Drive down Main for three quarters of a mile, then make a sharp right turn onto Pine.
    • a sharp turn or curve
  16. Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
    • a sharp ascent or descent
  17. Said of as extreme a value as possible.
    • Sure, any planar graph can be five-colored. But that result is not sharp: in fact, any planar graph can be four-colored. That is sharp: the same can't be said for any lower number.
  18. Tactical; risky.
  19. Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
    • a sharp pain; the sharp and frosty winter air
  20. Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
    • a sharp appetite
  21. obsoleteFierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
  22. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
  23. datedUttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
  24. obsoleteHungry.
adverb
  1. To a point or edge.
  2. Piercingly.
  3. Eagerly.
  4. So as to make a sharp, or tight, angle.
  5. Exactly.
    • I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp.
  6. In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
    • I didn't enjoy the concert much because the soprano sang sharp on all the high notes.
noun
  1. The symbol ⟨♯⟩, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
    • The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp).
    • Transposition frequently is harder to read because of all the sharps and flats on the staff.
  2. A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ⟨♯⟩.
  3. A note that is sharp in a particular key.
    • The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.
  4. The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
    • Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor).
  5. Something that is sharp.
    • Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.
  6. A hypodermic syringe.
  7. datedA scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
  8. A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
  9. A dishonest person; a cheater.
    • The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see.
  10. Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
  11. A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
  12. Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
  13. datedslangAn expert.
  14. A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
  15. alternativeAlternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
verb
  1. To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
    • That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!
  2. To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
  3. obsoletetransitiveTo sharpen.