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SNIFF

5 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

SNIFF is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

SNIFFS-s 3 SNIFFING-ing 11 SNIFFED-ed 5
verb
  1. ambitransitiveTo make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
    • The dog sniffed around the park, searching for a nice scent.
    • I sniffed the meat to see whether it had gone off.
  2. transitiveTo say (something) while sniffing, such as in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
    • "He's never coming back, is he?" she sniffed while looking at a picture of him.
  3. transitiveTo perceive vaguely.
  4. intransitiveTo pry; to investigate in an interfering manner.
  5. To be dismissive or contemptuous of something; used with at.
    • This opportunity is not to be sniffed at.
  6. To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
    • packet sniffer
  7. UKslangTo inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form.
noun
  1. countableAn instance of sniffing.
    • She gave the flowers a quick sniff to check they were real.
  2. countableA quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose.
  3. colloquialcountableA brief perception, or tiny amount.
  4. slanguncountableCocaine.
  5. countableslangA toddler or young child.
interjection
  1. A short inhalation sound, sometimes associated with crying.