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SUBLIMATES

10 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 20 pts

SUBLIMATES is a valid 10-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 20 in Super Big Boggle.

SUBLIMATES root SUBLIMATE-s

verb
  1. transitiveTo change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently.
  2. transitiveTo change (a substance) from a gas into a solid through sublimation.
  3. broadlyfigurativelytransitiveTo refine (something) until it disappears or loses all meaning.
  4. broadlyfigurativelytransitiveTo modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of (such an instinct) into some acceptable activity.
  5. archaicbroadlyfigurativelytransitiveTo obtain (something) through, or as if through, sublimation.
  6. archaicbroadlyfigurativelytransitiveTo purify or refine (a substance).
  7. alsobroadlyfigurativelytransitiveTo raise (someone) to a high office or status; to dignify, to elevate, to exalt.
  8. broadlyfigurativelytransitiveTo raise something to a state of excellence; to improve.
  9. intransitiveOf a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated.
  10. intransitiveOf a substance: to change from a gas into a solid without passing through the liquid state.
  11. figurativelyintransitiveTo modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity.
  12. figurativelyintransitiveSynonym of sublime (“to become higher in quality or status; to improve”).
noun
  1. A product obtained by sublimation.