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WHITEWASH

9 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 18 pts

WHITEWASH is a valid 9-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 18 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

WHITEWASHES-es 11 WHITEWASHING-ing 11 WHITEWASHED-ed 11

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WHITEWASHER 11 WHITEWASHERS 11 WHITEWASHINGS 11
noun
  1. uncountableA mixture of a powdered mineral substance (often slaked lime (containing calcium hydroxide), chalk (calcium carbonate), or both) and water which is used for painting surfaces such as fences and walls bright white.
  2. countablefigurativelyuncountableA thing used to hide mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; also (often politics), an act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; especially, a campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts.
  3. countablefigurativelyuncountableAn act of clearing a person's debts, especially through a declaration of bankruptcy by a court.
  4. countablefigurativelyuncountableA complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep; also, a victory or series of victories by a very large margin.
  5. uncountableThe most basic type of thickening agent, consisting of flour blended with water to make a paste.
  6. countablehistoricalA preparation for making the skin look lighter.
  7. countableobsoleteAny of several medicinal preparations for treating skin diseases consisting of a mixture of a metallic compound (such as one of lead, sulfur, or zinc) and water.
  8. obsoleteslanguncountableWhite wine, especially Madeira or sherry, drunk after dinner or after taking claret and port; (countable) a glass of such wine.
verb
  1. transitiveTo paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash.
    • The houses looked very bright after they had whitewashed the whole neighbourhood.
  2. derogatoryfigurativelytransitiveTo distort or give a misleading account of (history, a narrative, etc.) by discounting the participation of people of colour and focusing on white people.
  3. derogatoryfigurativelytransitiveTo cast a white actor in a role for a person of colour in (a film, television programme, etc.).
  4. derogatoryfigurativelytransitiveTo make over (someone of colour) so that they appear more white, for example, by applying lightening makeup to their skin or digitally manipulating an image of them.
  5. figurativelyliterarypoetictransitiveTo cover or coat (something) with a white substance, as if with whitewash (noun sense 1); also, to light up (something) with white light.
  6. figurativelytransitiveTo clear (someone's) debts, especially through a declaration of bankruptcy by a court; also, to clear or write off (a debt).
  7. figurativelyoftentransitiveTo hide (someone's) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); also, to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.).
    • In his sermon, the minister didn’t try to whitewash over the sins of his church.
  8. figurativelyinformaltransitiveTo achieve a complete victory or series of victories over (an opponent) without suffering any losses; also, to achieve a victory or series of victories over (an opponent) by a very large margin.
    • Australia whitewashed the West Indies 3–0.
  9. archaichistoricaltransitiveTo make (the face, etc.) look lighter with makeup or a similar preparation.
  10. obsoletetransitiveSynonym of bleach (“to treat (fabric) with a substance which lightens or whitens”).
  11. intransitiveTo paint bright white with whitewash (noun sense 1).
  12. figurativelyintransitiveTo have debts cleared through a declaration of bankruptcy by a court.
  13. archaicintransitiveOf bricks: to become encrusted with a white layer of soluble salts due to efflorescence.