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SPONGE

6 letters

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Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

SPONGE 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

SPONGES-s 5 SPONGING 11 SPONGED-d 5
noun
  1. countableAny of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
  2. countableA piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
  3. uncountableThe porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.
  4. countableinformaluncountableA heavy drinker.
  5. countableuncountableA type of light cake.
  6. UKcountableuncountableA type of steamed pudding.
  7. countableslanguncountableA person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
  8. countableuncountableA person who readily absorbs ideas.
  9. countableA form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
  10. countableuncountableDough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
  11. countableuncountableIron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
  12. countableuncountableIron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
  13. countableuncountableA mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
  14. countableuncountableThe extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
  15. countableslanguncountableA nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
verb
  1. intransitiveslangTo take advantage of the kindness of others.
    • He has been sponging off his friends for a month now.
  2. transitiveTo get by imposition; to scrounge.
    • to sponge a breakfast
  3. transitiveTo deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
  4. To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
  5. To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
  6. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
  7. intransitiveTo be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
  8. To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.