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WHIFFS

6 letters

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Classic 3 pts
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Super Big 3 pts

WHIFFS is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.

WHIFFS root WHIFF-s

Word family

WHIFF 2 WHIFFING-ing 11 WHIFFED-ed 5
noun
  1. A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
  2. A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
  3. archaicbroadlyA cigarette or small cigar.
  4. An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
  5. A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.
  6. A flag used as a signal.
  7. Any of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae).
  8. figurativelyA slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.
  9. figurativelyA slight attack or touch.
  10. figurativelyA characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.
  11. figurativelyA sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.
  12. USfigurativelyslangA failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
  13. USfigurativelyslangFrom the batter's perspective: a strike.
  14. archaicAn expulsion of explosive or shot.
  15. An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.
  16. obsoleteA sip of an alcoholic beverage.
verb
  1. transitiveTo carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.
  2. transitiveTo say (something) with an exhalation of breath.
  3. transitiveTo inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.
  4. transitiveTo breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.
  5. archaicdatedslangtransitiveTo shoot (someone) with a firearm; hence, to assassinate or kill (someone).
  6. USslangtransitiveOf a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.
  7. obsoletetransitiveTo consume (an alcoholic beverage).
  8. intransitiveTo move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.
  9. intransitiveTo be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.
  10. intransitiveTo smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
  11. intransitiveTo smell; to sniff.
  12. intransitiveslangTo give off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.
  13. USintransitiveslangEspecially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.
  14. broadlyintransitiveslangTo fail spectacularly.
  15. intransitiveslangIn fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.
  16. intransitiveTo catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.
adjective
  1. informalHaving a strong or unpleasant odour.
interjection
  1. Used to indicate a sound like that of air passing through a small opening, that is, a short or soft whistle.