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WILD

4 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

WILD 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.

Word family

WILDER-er 3 WILDEST-est 5 WILDS-s 2 WILDING-ing 5 WILDED-ed 3

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Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

WILDLY 3 WILDINGS 11 WILDNESS 11 WILDNESSES 11
adjective
  1. Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.
    • Przewalski's horses are the only remaining wild horses, although there are many feral horses throughout the world.
    • In this region, the wild boars can be dangerous, but (perhaps counterintuitively) the feral hogs can be even worse.
  2. Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).
  3. From or relating to wild creatures.
    • wild honey
  4. Unrestrained or uninhibited.
    • I was filled with wild rage when I discovered the infidelity, and punched a hole in the wall.
  5. Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
    • The fraternity was infamous for its wild parties, which frequently resulted in police involvement.
  6. Of unregulated and varying frequency.
    • The aircraft's navigational equipment should not be powered from the wild AC bus except in an emergency, as its computers can be damaged by variations in electrical frequency.
  7. Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
    • Her mother was wild with fear when she didn't return home after the party.
  8. Furious; very angry.
  9. Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
    • After a week on the trail without a mirror, my hair was wild and dirty.
  10. Enthusiastic.
    • I'm not wild about the idea of a two day car trip with my nephews, but it's my only option.
  11. Very inaccurate; far off the mark.
    • The novice archer fired a wild shot and hit her opponent's target.
  12. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
    • a wild roadstead
  13. Hard to steer.
  14. Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
  15. slangAmazing, awesome, unbelievable.
    • Did you hear? Pat won the lottery! — Wow, that's wild!
  16. slangVery unexpected; wildly surprising; crazy, diabolical.
  17. Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.
    • In this card game, aces are wild: they can take the place of any other card.
  18. Of an audio recording: intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.
    • a wild track; wild sound
adverb
  1. Inaccurately; not on target.
    • The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing.
  2. Intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.
    • Let's record it wild.
noun
  1. singularThe undomesticated state of a wild animal.
    • After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild.
  2. A wilderness.
  3. Something that is able to stand in for others, such as a particular playing card in a game.
  4. alternativeAlternative form of weald.
verb
  1. intransitiveslangTo commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.
  2. intransitiveslang(In the form wilding or wildin') To act in a strange or unexpected way.