boil
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How boil fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
B I L O
Two-Letter Start
BO
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Ending
IL
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- BO start
- IL ending
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- boil is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include b, i, l, o plus any remaining hive letters.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
noun
The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
"Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil."
noun
A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
noun
The collective noun for a group of hawks.
verb
(of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
"Boil some water in a pan."
verb
To cook in boiling water.
"Boil the eggs for three minutes."
verb
(of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
"Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius."
verb
To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
verb
(used only in progressive tenses, of weather) To be uncomfortably hot.
"It’s boiling outside!"
verb
(used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot.
"I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?"
verb
To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
"to boil sugar or salt"
verb
To steep or soak in warm water.
verb
To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
"the boiling waves of the sea"
verb
To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
"His blood boils with anger."
Related Words
Same Letters
- bilbo
Synonyms
- abscess
- carbuncle
- cyst
- furuncle
- pimple
- pustule
- plaw
- seethe
- well
- bebaking
- beseething
- bestewing
Antonyms
- condense
- befreezing