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SWUNG

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

SWUNG 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.

SWUNG root SWING

Word family

SWING 2 SWINGS-s 3 SWINGING-ing 11 SWANG 2
verb
  1. intransitiveTo rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
    • The plant swung in the breeze.
  2. intransitiveTo dance.
  3. intransitiveTo ride on a swing.
    • The children laughed as they swung.
  4. intransitiveTo participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wifeswapping.
  5. intransitiveTo hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
  6. intransitiveTo move sideways in its trajectory.
  7. transitive(of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
  8. intransitiveTo fluctuate or change.
    • It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.
  9. transitiveTo move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
    • He swung his sword as hard as he could.
  10. transitiveTo change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
  11. slangtransitiveTo make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
    • If it’s not too expensive, I think we can swing it.
  12. transitiveTo play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
  13. intransitivetransitiveTo move one's arm in a punching motion.
  14. transitiveIn dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
    • "to swing one's partner", or simply "to swing"
  15. transitiveTo admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
    • The lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.
  16. transitiveTo put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
  17. To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
    • A ship swings with the tide.
  18. To turn in a different direction.
  19. To be sexually oriented.
    • swing both ways
noun
  1. countableuncountableThe act, or an instance, of swinging.
  2. countableuncountableThe manner in which something is swung.
    • He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing.
    • Door swing indicates direction the door opens.
    • the swing of a pendulum
  3. countableuncountableThe sweep or compass of a swinging body.
  4. countableuncountableA line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
  5. countableuncountableA hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
  6. countableuncountableAn energetic and acrobatic late-1930s partner-based dance style, also known as jitterbug and lindy-hop.
  7. countableuncountableThe genre of music associated with this dance style.
  8. countableuncountableThe amount of change towards or away from something.
  9. countableuncountableIn an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
    • The polls showed a wide swing to Labour.
  10. countableuncountableSideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
  11. countableuncountableCapacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
  12. countableuncountableIn a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
  13. countableuncountableA basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
  14. countableuncountableThe maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
  15. countableobsoleteuncountableFree course; unrestrained liberty.
  16. countableuncountableInfluence or power of anything put in motion.
  17. countableuncountableA type of hook with the arm more extended.