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SLOUGH

6 letters

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Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

SLOUGH 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

SLOUGHS-s 5 SLUFF 2 SLOUGHING-ing 11 SLOUGHED-ed 11 SLUE 1 SLEW 1
noun
  1. countableuncountableThe skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
    • That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful.
  2. countableuncountableDead skin on a sore or ulcer.
    • This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn.
  3. A marshy or muddy area.
  4. A type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway, similar to a bayou with trees.
    • We paddled under a canopy of trees through the slough.
  5. USWesternA secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.
    • The Sacramento River Delta contains dozens of sloughs that are often used for water-skiing and fishing.
  6. A state of depression.
    • John is in a slough.
  7. A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes.
    • Potholes or sloughs formed by a glacier’s retreat from the central plains of North America, are now known to be some of the world’s most productive ecosystems.
verb
  1. transitiveTo shed skin or outer layers.
    • This skin is being sloughed.
    • Snakes slough their skin periodically.
  2. intransitiveTo slide off or flake off, as an outer layer, such as skin, might do.
    • A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.
  3. transitiveTo discard.
    • East sloughed a heart.
  4. USWesternintransitiveslangTo commit truancy, be absent from school without permission.