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STANCHEST

9 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 18 pts

STANCHEST is a valid 9-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 18 in Super Big Boggle.

STANCHEST root STANCH-est

Word family

STANCH 3 STANCHER-er 11 STANCHES-es 11 STANCHING-ing 11 STANCHED-ed 11 STAUNCH 5
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.