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WIDER

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

WIDER 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.

WIDER root WIDE-r

Word family

WIDE 1 WIDEST-st 3 WIDES-s 2
adjective
  1. Having a large physical extent from side to side.
    • We walked down a wide corridor.
  2. Large in scope.
    • The inquiry had a wide remit.
  3. derogatoryhumorousslangOverweight, obese.
  4. Operating at the side of the playing area.
    • That team needs a decent wide player.
  5. On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
    • Two balls before lunch, he bowled a wide.
    • Too bad! That was a great passing-shot, but it's wide.
  6. datedMade, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
  7. ScotlandarchaicVast, great in extent, extensive.
    • The wide, lifeless expanse.
  8. obsoleteLocated some distance away; distant, far.
  9. obsoleteFar from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
  10. Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
    • a wide character; a wide stream
  11. UKslangSharp-witted.
adverb
  1. Extensively.
    • He travelled far and wide.
  2. Completely.
    • He was wide awake.
  3. Away from or to one side of a given goal.
    • The arrow fell wide of the mark.
    • A few shots were fired but they all went wide.
  4. So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
noun
  1. A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score