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STRETCHED

9 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 18 pts

STRETCHED 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.

STRETCHED root STRETCH-ed

Word family

STRETCH 5 STRETCHES-es 11 STRETCHING-ing 11 STRAUGHT 11 STRAIGHT 11

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STRETCHINGS 11
verb
  1. transitiveTo lengthen by pulling.
    • I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.
  2. intransitiveTo lengthen when pulled.
    • The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.
  3. transitiveTo pull tight.
    • First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum.
  4. intransitivetransitiveTo extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.
    • I always stretch my muscles before exercising.
    • When the cat woke up, it yawned and stretched.
  5. intransitiveTo extend physically, especially from a limit point and/or to a limit point.
    • The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble.
  6. figurativelytransitiveTo get more use than expected from a limited resource.
    • I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days.
  7. figurativelytransitiveTo make inaccurate by exaggeration.
    • To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.
    • To say he's been to this park a million times is stretching the numbers. The true number is around 30 or 40.
  8. transitiveTo make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
    • Her bizarre explanation really stretches credulity.
  9. transitiveTo increase.
  10. intransitiveTo increase, to grow.
    • As I sat in the waiting room, the minutes stretched into hours.
  11. To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
    • The ship stretched to the eastward.
  12. transitiveTo make a pulse or particle bunch longer by applying dispersion to it.
  13. archaicslangtransitiveTo execute by hanging.
  14. colloquialintransitiveobsoleteTo stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
    • a man apt to stretch in his report of facts
noun
  1. countableuncountableAn act of stretching.
    • I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
  2. countableuncountableThe ability to lengthen when pulled.
    • That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
  3. countableidiomaticuncountableA course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
    • It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.
    • To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
  4. countableuncountableA segment of a journey or route.
    • It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.
    • It's a tough stretch of road in the winter, especially without chains.
  5. countableuncountableA segment or length of material.
    • a stretch of cloth
  6. UKarchaiccountableslanguncountableA walk.
  7. countableuncountableA quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
  8. countableuncountableA long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.
  9. countableinformaluncountableTerm of address for a tall person.
  10. countableuncountableThe homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
  11. countableuncountableA length of time.
  12. IrelandcountableuncountableExtended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
    • There is a grand stretch in the evenings.
  13. countableuncountableThe period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
  14. countableslanguncountableA jail or prison term.
    • He did a seven-year stretch in jail.
  15. countableslanguncountableA jail or prison term of one year's duration.
  16. countableuncountableA single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
  17. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of stretch limousine.