boldfaced
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 9
Definition of boldfaced
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
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adj
- Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
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(broadly)Important, prominent.
“boldface(d) names”
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(figuratively)Eggcorn of bald-faced; impudent, brazen.
“He had the bold-faced effrontery to ask for a raise.”
“During a visit to Britain, the US president contradicted Benjamin Netanyahu after the Israeli prime minister claimed it was a “bold-faced lie” to say Israel was causing hunger in Gaza.”
verb
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(form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of boldface
“He boldfaced the quote so it would stand out even though I told him it looked ugly.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From bold + faced.
Words you can make from boldfaced
186 playable · top: BOLDFACE (16 pts)
Best play boldface 16 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
15 words5-letter words
28 words- DECAF 11 pts
- FACED 11 pts
- FABLE 10 pts
- FADED 10 pts
- FECAL 10 pts
- FOCAL 10 pts
- BEDAD 9 pts
- BODED 9 pts
- CABLE 9 pts
- COBLE 9 pts
- CODED 9 pts
- ABLED 8 pts
- ABODE 8 pts
- ACOLD 8 pts
- ADOBE 8 pts
- BALED 8 pts
- BLADE 8 pts
- CLADE 8 pts
- COLED 8 pts
- DECAL 8 pts
- DOBLA 8 pts
- DOLCE 8 pts
- LACED 8 pts
- LOBED 8 pts
- ADDLE 7 pts
- DEDAL 7 pts
- DOLED 7 pts
- LADED 7 pts
4-letter words
67 words- CAFE 9 pts
- CALF 9 pts
- CLEF 9 pts
- FACE 9 pts
- FLAB 9 pts
- FLOC 9 pts
- BLOC 8 pts
- DEAF 8 pts
- DELF 8 pts
- FADE 8 pts
- FADO 8 pts
- FEOD 8 pts
- FLED 8 pts
- FOLD 8 pts
- ABED 7 pts
- ACED 7 pts
- ALEF 7 pts
- BADE 7 pts
- BALD 7 pts
- BEAD 7 pts
- BLED 7 pts
- BODE 7 pts
- BOLD 7 pts
- CADE 7 pts
- CLAD 7 pts
- CLOD 7 pts
- CODA 7 pts
- CODE 7 pts
- COED 7 pts
- COLD 7 pts
- DACE 7 pts
- DECO 7 pts
- DOBE 7 pts
- FEAL 7 pts
- FLEA 7 pts
- FLOE 7 pts
- FOAL 7 pts
- LEAF 7 pts
- LOAF 7 pts
- ABLE 6 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- BALE 6 pts
- BEAL 6 pts
- BLAE 6 pts
- BOLA 6 pts
- BOLE 6 pts
- CALO 6 pts
- COAL 6 pts
- COLA 6 pts
- COLE 6 pts
- DADO 6 pts
- DEAD 6 pts
- EDDO 6 pts
- LACE 6 pts
- LOBE 6 pts
- LOCA 6 pts
- DALE 5 pts
- DEAL 5 pts
- DOLE 5 pts
- LADE 5 pts
- LEAD 5 pts
- LOAD 5 pts
- LODE 5 pts
- ODEA 5 pts
- OLDE 5 pts
- ALOE 4 pts
- OLEA 4 pts
3-letter words
53 words- CAF 8 pts
- FAB 8 pts
- FOB 8 pts
- CAB 7 pts
- COB 7 pts
- DEF 7 pts
- FAD 7 pts
- FED 7 pts
- BAD 6 pts
- BED 6 pts
- BOD 6 pts
- CAD 6 pts
- COD 6 pts
- DAB 6 pts
- DEB 6 pts
- DOC 6 pts
- ELF 6 pts
- FOE 6 pts
- OAF 6 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- ADD 5 pts
- ALB 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAL 5 pts
- BEL 5 pts
- BOA 5 pts
- CAL 5 pts
- CEL 5 pts
- COL 5 pts
- DAD 5 pts
- ECO 5 pts
- LAB 5 pts
- LAC 5 pts
- LOB 5 pts
- LOC 5 pts
- OBA 5 pts
- OBE 5 pts
- OCA 5 pts
- ODD 5 pts
- ADO 4 pts
- DAL 4 pts
- DEL 4 pts
- DOE 4 pts
- DOL 4 pts
- ELD 4 pts
- LAD 4 pts
- LED 4 pts
- ODA 4 pts
- ODE 4 pts
- OLD 4 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
2-letter words
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