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SHUT

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

SHUT is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

SHUTS-s 2 SHUTTING-ting 11
verb
  1. intransitivetransitiveTo remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
    • Please shut the door.
    • The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.
    • They shut the road for the festival.
    • If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.
  2. intransitivetransitiveTo make or become unreceptive.
    • He has shut his mind to new ideas.
  3. UKintransitivetransitiveTo close (a business or venue) temporarily or permanently.
    • They generally shut the museum each day at 6 pm.
    • The supermarket shuts at eight o'clock.
    • Lots of shops in the town centre have shut because of the recession.
  4. intransitivetransitiveTo put out of use or operation.
    • We are shutting the phone lines at 9 pm.
    • They shut the airport because of a bomb scare.
  5. intransitivetransitiveTo cease operation or cease to be available.
    • Phone lines will shut in ten minutes.
  6. ergativeintransitivetransitiveTo terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
    • Shut the file when you have finished reading data.
    • This app has a bug: when you try to sort a large spreadsheet, it shuts.
  7. transitiveTo catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
    • He's just gone and shut his finger in the door!
  8. transitiveTo confine in an enclosed area; to enclose.
    • I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.
  9. transitiveTo isolate, to close off from the world.
  10. transitiveTo preclude, exclude.
  11. colloquialSynonym of shut up (“to stop talking or arguing”).
adjective
  1. Physically sealed, obstructed, folded together, etc.
    • A shut door barred our way into the house.
    • The door banged shut with a breeze.
    • Pleas keep your mouth shut while you are eating.
    • A book lay shut on the table.
    • I had to shut my eyes against the light.
  2. Not available for use or operation.
    • Phone lines are now shut.
  3. Not operating or conducting trade; not allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
    • Banks are shut on bank holidays.
    • The museum is shut for the Christmas holidays.
  4. Not receptive.
    • He mind is shut to new ideas.
  5. especiallyOf a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
  6. Synonym of close.
  7. archaicSynonym of close.
  8. archaicArchaic form of shot (“discharged, cleared, rid of something”).
noun
  1. The act or time of shutting; close.
    • the shut of a door
  2. A door or cover; a shutter.
  3. The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
  4. ShropshireUKdialectalA narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.