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SUSTAINS

8 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

SUSTAINS is a valid 8-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 11 in Super Big Boggle.

SUSTAINS root SUSTAIN-s

verb
  1. transitiveTo maintain, or keep in existence.
    • The professor had trouble sustaining students’ interest until the end of her lectures.
    • The city came under sustained attack by enemy forces.
    • Sam managed to sustain his erection for two straight hours.
  2. transitiveTo provide for or nourish.
    • provisions to sustain an army
  3. transitiveTo encourage or sanction (something).
  4. transitiveTo experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
    • The building sustained major damage in the earthquake.
  5. transitiveTo confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
    • to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition
  6. To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid.
  7. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
    • A foundation sustains the superstructure; an animal sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.
  8. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
  9. To be a long-lasting sound.
    • I like how long that drum sustains.
noun
  1. A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
  2. abbreviationclippingClipping of sustainability.