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STIFF

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

STIFF 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

STIFFER-er 5 STIFFEST-est 11 STIFFS-s 3 STIFFING-ing 11 STIFFED-ed 5

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

STIFFNESS 11 STIFFNESSES 11
adjective
  1. Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
  2. figurativelyInflexible; rigid.
  3. Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
  4. colloquialHarsh, severe.
    • He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine.
  5. Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
    • My legs are stiff after climbing that hill yesterday.
  6. Potent.
    • a stiff drink; a stiff dose; a stiff breeze
  7. informalExpensive, pricey.
  8. informalDead, deceased.
  9. slangErect.
  10. Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.
    • Adding too much peanut butter to your Peanut Sauce recipe may cause your sauce to turn out too stiff.
  11. Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
    • beat the egg whites until they are stiff
  12. Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
  13. Keeping upright.
  14. Of a shot, landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.
  15. Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.
noun
  1. CanadaUScountableslanguncountableAn average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.
    • working stiff
  2. countableslanguncountableA person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
    • She convinced the stiff to go to her hotel room, where her henchman was waiting to rob him.
  3. countableslanguncountableA cadaver; a dead person.
  4. countableslanguncountableA flop; a commercial failure.
  5. UScountableslanguncountableA person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
  6. USbroadlycountableslanguncountableA customer who does not leave a tip.
  7. countableuncountableAny hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
  8. countableslanguncountableNegotiable instruments, possibly forged.
  9. countableslanguncountableA note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.
verb
  1. To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.
    • He stiffed me on the tip.
    • Realizing he had forgotten his wallet, he stiffed the taxi driver when the cab stopped for a red light.
  2. To cheat someone.
  3. To tip ungenerously.
  4. slangTo kill.
  5. informalTo be unsuccessful.
adverb
  1. Of the wind, with great force; strongly.
  2. datedslangVery thoroughly.