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ZERO

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

ZERO 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

ZEROS-s 2 ZEROES-es 3 ZEROING-ing 5 ZEROED-ed 3
numeral
  1. The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.
    • The conductor waited until the passenger count was zero.
    • A cheque for zero dollars and zero cents crashed the computers on division by zero.
noun
  1. countableuncountableThe numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
    • In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string.
    • Write 0.0 to indicate a floating point number rather than the integer zero.
    • The zero sign in American Sign Language is considered rude in some cultures.
  2. countableuncountableThe digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
    • One million has six zeroes.
  3. informaluncountableNothing, or none.
    • The shipment was lost, so they had zero in stock.
    • He knows zero about humour.
    • zero-defect
    • In the end, all of our hard work amounted to zero.
  4. countableuncountableThe value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
    • The electromagnetic field does not drop all of the way to zero before a reversal.
  5. countableuncountableThe point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
    • The temperature outside is ten degrees below zero.
  6. countableuncountableA value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
    • The zeroes of a polynomial are its roots by the fundamental theorem of algebra.
    • The derivative of a continuous, differentiable function that twice crosses the axis must have a zero.
    • The nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function may all lie on the critical line.
  7. countableuncountableThe additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
    • Since a commutative zero is the inverse of any additive identity, it must be unique when it exists.
    • The zero (of a ring or field) has the property that the product of the zero with any element yields the zero.
    • The quotient ring over a maximal ideal is a field with a single zero element.
  8. countableslanguncountableA person dismissed as unimportant.
    • They rudely treated him like a zero.
  9. countableuncountableA difference that is present at an abstract level, but not realized in the form, that is, superficially (on the surface).
    • Sometimes a difference in intended meaning has only a zero to mark it, in which case the utterance may be ambiguous when context alone does not fully clarify it.
  10. countablehistoricalinformaluncountableA casual misspelling of Zero ("a fighter aircraft operated by Imperial Japan during World War II").
  11. countableuncountableA setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm, corresponding to a zero value.
  12. countableuncountableA security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
    • The takeovers were financed by issuing zeroes.
determiner
  1. Synonym of no.
    • She showed zero respect.
adjective
  1. Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
  2. Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
  3. Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.
    • The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet".
  4. postpositionalUsed in the names of foodstuffs, especially beverages, to indicate a version with no calories
verb
  1. transitiveTo set some amount to be zero.
    • They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.
    • Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization.
    • Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction.
    • George parked in space 34, zeroed the trip meter, closed and locked his car, then went back to the guard shack.
  2. To disappear or make something disappear.
  3. To adjust until the variance is reduced to an acceptably low amount.
    • The soldier took his gun to the shooting range to zero its aim.