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TOOK

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

TOOK is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

TOOK root TAKE

Word family

TAKE 1 TAKES-s 2 TAKING 3 TAKEN-n 2 TANE 1
verb
  1. transitiveTo get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
    • They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.
    • I'll take that plate off the table.
  2. transitiveTo seize or capture.
    • take the guards prisoner
    • take prisoners
    • After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city.
  3. transitiveTo catch or get possession of (fish or game).
    • took ten catfish in one afternoon
  4. transitiveTo catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
  5. transitiveTo appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
    • Billy took her pencil.
  6. transitiveTo exact.
    • take a toll
    • take revenge
  7. transitiveTo capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
    • took the next two tricks
    • took Smith's rook
  8. transitiveTo receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
    • took third place
    • took bribes
    • The camera takes 35mm film.
  9. transitiveTo receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
    • The store doesn't take checks.
    • She wouldn't take any money for her help.
    • Do you take plastic?
    • The vending machine only takes bills, it doesn't take coins.
  10. transitiveTo accept and follow (advice, etc.).
    • take my advice
  11. transitiveTo receive into some relationship.
    • take a wife
    • The school only takes new students in the fall.
    • The therapist wouldn't take him as a client.
  12. intransitivetransitiveTo receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
  13. transitiveTo accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
    • He took all the credit for the project, although he had done almost none of the work.
    • She took the blame, in the public's eyes, although the debacle was more her husband's fault than her own.
  14. transitiveTo remove.
    • take two eggs from the carton
  15. transitiveTo remove or end by death; to kill.
    • The earthquake took many lives.
    • The plague took rich and poor alike.
    • Cancer took her life.
    • He took his life last night.
  16. transitiveTo subtract.
    • Take one from three and you are left with two.
  17. transitiveTo have sex with.
  18. transitiveTo defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
    • Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.
    • The woman guarding us looks like a professional, but I can take her!
  19. transitiveTo grasp or grip.
    • He took her hand in his.
  20. transitiveTo select or choose; to pick.
    • Take whichever bag you like.
    • She took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city.
    • I'll take the blue plates.
    • I'll take two sugars in my coffee, please.
  21. transitiveTo adopt (select) as one's own.
    • She took his side in every argument.
    • take a stand on the important issues
  22. transitiveTo apply or assign a character option.
    • I'll take a level as a fighter, so I can take the weapon specialization skill.
  23. transitiveTo carry or lead (something or someone).
    • She took her sword with her everywhere she went.
    • I'll take the plate with me.
  24. especiallytransitiveTo transport or carry; to convey to another place.
    • The next bus will take you to Metz.
    • I took him for a ride
    • I took him down to London.
  25. transitiveusuallyTo lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
    • These stairs take you down to the basement.
    • Stone Street took us right past the store.
  26. transitiveTo pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
    • She took the steps two or three at a time.
    • He took the curve / corner too fast.
    • The pony took every hedge and fence in its path.
  27. transitiveTo escort or conduct (a person).
    • He took her to lunch at the new restaurant, took her to the movies, and then took her home.
  28. reflexivetransitiveTo go.
  29. transitiveTo use as a means of transportation.
    • take the ferry
    • I took a plane.
    • He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester.
    • He's 96 but he still takes the stairs.
  30. transitiveTo obtain for use by payment or lease.
    • She took a condo at the beach for the summer.
    • He took a full-page ad in the Times.
  31. transitiveTo obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
    • They took two magazines.
    • I used to take The Sunday Times.
  32. transitiveTo receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
    • take two of these and call me in the morning
    • take the blue pill
    • I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.
  33. datedtransitiveTo consume (food or drink).
    • The general took dinner at seven o'clock.
  34. transitiveTo undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
    • take sun-baths
    • take a shower
    • She made the decision to take chemotherapy.
  35. transitiveTo experience or feel.
    • She takes pride in her work.
    • I take offence at that.
    • to take a dislike
    • to take pleasure in his opponent's death
  36. transitiveTo submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
    • took a pay cut
    • take a joke
    • If you're in an abusive relationship, don't just sit and take it; you can get help.
    • The hull took a lot of punishment before it broke.
    • I can take the noise, but I can't take the smell.
    • That truck bed will only take two tons.
  37. transitiveTo suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
    • The ship took a direct hit and was destroyed.
    • Her career took a hit.
  38. transitiveTo participate in.
    • She took a vacation to France but spent the whole time feeling miserable that her husband couldn't be there with her.
    • Aren't you supposed to take your math final today?
    • Despite my misgivings, I decided to take a meeting with the Russian lawyer.
  39. transitiveTo cause to change to a specified state or condition.
    • He had to take it apart to fix it.
    • She took down her opponent in two minutes.
  40. transitiveTo regard in a specified way.
    • He took the news badly.
  41. transitiveTo conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
    • took the decision to close its last remaining outlet
    • took a dim view of city officials
  42. transitiveTo understand (especially in a specified way).
    • Don't take my comments as an insult.
    • if she took my meaning
  43. transitiveTo believe, to accept the statements of.
    • take her word for it
    • take him at his word
  44. transitiveTo assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
    • I took him to be a person of honor.
    • He was often taken to be a man of means.
    • Do you take me for a fool?
    • Do you take me to be stupid?
    • Looking at him as he came into the room, I took him for his father.
    • Using "gay" as a noun can be taken to be offensive.
  45. transitiveTo draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
    • take it from her comments she won't be there.
    • I'm not sure what moral to take from that story.
  46. transitiveTo derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
    • "As I Lay Dying" takes its title from Book XI of Homer's "Odyssey"
  47. transitiveTo catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
    • took a chill
    • to take cold
  48. transitiveTo come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
  49. transitiveTo captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
    • took her fancy
    • took her attention
  50. transitiveTo absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
    • cloth that takes dye well
    • The flu shot didn't take (on me).
    • the leather that takes a certain kind of polish
  51. transitiveTo let in (water).
  52. transitiveTo require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
    • Looks like it's gonna take a taller person to get that down.
    • Finishing this on schedule will take a lot of overtime.
  53. transitiveTo proceed to fill.
    • He took a seat in the front row.
  54. transitiveTo fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
    • His collection takes a lot of space.
  55. transitiveTo fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
    • Unloading the moving truck took us half a day, but this mess of a house will take us all weekend to tidy up. It takes ages to finish house moving!
    • Hunting that whale takes most of his free time.
    • The trip will take about ten minutes.
    • It takes a while to get used to the smell.
  56. transitiveTo avail oneself of; to exploit.
    • He took that opportunity to leave France.
  57. transitiveTo practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
    • take a walk
    • take action/steps/measures to fight drug abuse
    • take a trip
    • take aim
    • take the tempo slowly
    • The kick is taken from where the foul occurred.
    • Pirès ran in to take the kick.
    • The throw-in is taken from the point where the ball crossed the touch-line.
  58. transitiveTo assume (a form).
    • took the form of a duck
    • took shape
    • a god taking the likeness of a bird
  59. transitiveTo perform (a role).
    • take the part of the villain/hero
    • When we play baseball, he always takes pitcher.
  60. transitiveTo assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
    • take office
    • take the throne
  61. transitiveTo bind oneself by.
    • he took the oath of office last night
  62. transitiveTo go into, through, or along.
    • go down two blocks and take the next left
    • take the path of least resistance
  63. transitiveTo go or move into.
    • the witness took the stand
    • the next team took the field
  64. transitiveTo have and use one's recourse to.
    • take cover/shelter/refuge
  65. transitiveTo ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
    • take her pulse / temperature / blood pressure
    • take a census
  66. transitiveTo write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
    • He took a mental inventory of his supplies.
    • She took careful notes.
  67. transitiveTo make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
    • She took a video of their encounter.
    • Could you take a picture of us?
    • The police took his fingerprints.
  68. datedtransitiveTo make a picture, photograph, etc. of (a person, scene, etc.).
    • The photographer will take you sitting down.
    • to take a group/scene
  69. transitiveTo obtain money from, especially by swindling.
    • took me for ten grand
  70. transitiveTo apply oneself to the study of.
    • As a child, she took ballet.
    • Next semester, I plan to take math, physics, literature, and art history.
  71. transitiveTo deal with.
    • take matters as they arise
  72. transitiveTo consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
    • I've had a lot of problems recently: take last Monday, for example. My car broke down on the way to work. Then […] etc.
  73. transitiveTo decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
    • He'll probably take this one.
  74. transitiveTo have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
    • This verb takes the dative; that verb takes the genitive.
  75. transitiveTo accept (zero or more arguments).
    • The function takes two arguments, an array of size n and an integer k.
  76. CyprusinformaltransitiveTo buy.
    • take a ticket
  77. intransitiveTo get or accept (something) into one's possession.
    • My husband and I have a dysfunctional marriage. He just takes and takes; he never gives.
  78. intransitiveTo engage, take hold or have effect.
  79. intransitiveusuallyTo look good enough to keep.
    • I tried a mustache a couple years ago, but it didn't take.
  80. intransitiveusuallyTo adhere or be absorbed properly.
    • the dye didn't take
    • Boiling pasta with a bit of the sauce in the water will help the sauce "take."
  81. intransitiveusuallyTo begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
    • not all grafts take
    • I started some tomato seeds last spring, but they didn't take.
  82. intransitiveTo catch; to engage.
  83. datedintransitivepossiblyTo win acceptance, favor or favorable reception; to charm people.
  84. copulativeintransitiveTo become; to be affected in a specified way.
    • They took ill within 3 hours.
    • She took sick with the flu.
  85. datedintransitivepossiblyTo be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
  86. dialectalintransitiveproscribedAn intensifier.
  87. obsoletetransitiveTo deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).
  88. dialectalobsoleteslangtransitiveTo give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.
    • He took me a blow on the head.
  89. archaicTo visit; to include in a course of travel.
  90. obsoleterareTo portray in a painting.
  91. Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
noun
  1. The or an act of taking.
  2. Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
    • He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.
    • The mayor is on the take.
  3. The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
  4. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
    • What's your take on this issue, Fred?
    • Another unsolicited maths take: talking about quotients in terms of "equivalence classes" or cosets is really unnatural.
  5. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
    • a new take on a traditional dish
  6. A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
    • It's a take.
    • Act seven, scene three, take two.
  7. A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
  8. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
    • did a double take and then a triple take
    • I did a take when I saw the new car in the driveway.
  9. An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
  10. A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
  11. The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.