Boggle Word Finder
STRADDLES
✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✓
Classic
11
pts
Big
11
pts
Super Big
18
pts
STRADDLES 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.
STRADDLES root STRADDLE-s
Word family
verb
- transitiveTo sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.
- transitiveTo be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.
-
transitiveTo consider or favor two apparently opposite sides; to be noncommittal.
- Wanting to please both sides, he straddled the issue.
-
transitiveTo form a disorderly sprawl; to spread out irregularly.
- This weed straddles the entire garden.
- Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
- To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range (the term "bracket" is often used instead).
- To place a voluntary raise prior to receiving cards (only by the first player after the blinds).
- intransitiveTo stand with the ends staggered; said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
- To execute a commodities market spread.
noun
- A posture in which one straddles something.
-
A pair or salvo of successive artillery shots falling both in front of and behind a target.
- The first salvo fell short; the next was long; the third was a straddle.
- An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with put and call options on the same security at the same strike price, giving a non-directional position sensitive to volatility.
- A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.
- A vertical mine-timber supporting a set.
- A part of a harness placed on the back of a beast of burden (such as a horse or donkey) to carry the weight of a load.
adverb
- Astride.