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STANCHES

8 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

STANCHES 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.

STANCHES root STANCH-es

Word family

STANCH 3 STANCHER-er 11 STANCHEST-est 11 STANCHING-ing 11 STANCHED-ed 11 STAUNCH 5

Might be on the same board

Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

STANCHLY 11 STANCHINGS 11 STANCHNESS 11 STANCHNESSES 11
adjective
  1. archaicArchaic spelling of staunch.
    • a stanch ship a stanch churchman
adverb
  1. obsoletePossibly strictly.
verb
  1. USespeciallypoetictransitiveTo stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).
  2. USespeciallypoetictransitiveTo stop the flow of (blood); also, to stop (a wound) from bleeding.
    • A small amount of cotton can be stuffed into the nose to stanch the flow of blood if necessary.
  3. USespeciallypoetictransitiveTo make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof.
  4. USespeciallytransitiveTo check or stop, or deter (an action).
  5. USespeciallytransitiveTo stop the progression of (an illness); also, to alleviate (pain); often followed by of: to relieve (someone's) pain.
  6. USespeciallyobsoletetransitiveTo extinguish or put out (as a fire, anger, etc.); also, to quench or satisfy (as desire, hunger, thirst, etc.).
  7. USalsoespeciallyintransitivereflexiveOf bleeding: to stop.
  8. USalsoespeciallyintransitiveobsoletereflexiveOf an occurrence or other thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting violently.
noun
  1. USalternativeespeciallyAlternative spelling of staunch (“that which stanches; act of stanching”).
  2. USespeciallyA floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river.