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SPHINXES

8 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

SPHINXES 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.

SPHINXES root SPHINX-es

Word family

SPHINX 3 SPHINGES 11 SPHYNX 3
noun
  1. A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
  2. figurativelyA person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person.
  3. datedA mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), formerly classified as a baboon, and called sphinx baboon.
  4. A sphinx moth.
  5. euphemisticrareA sphincter.
verb
  1. transitiveTo decorate with sphinxes.
    • a marble sphinxed chimney-piece
  2. intransitivetransitiveTo adopt the posture of the Sphinx.
    • A hot lion with a very bloated stomach … will adopt either a sphinxed or a squatting posture which takes some of the weight off its belly.
    • Several animals maintained either a crouched … or a sphinxing posture (abdomen on the floor)
  3. intransitivetransitiveTo be inscrutable, often through silence.
  4. intransitiveTo behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx.