dowse

dowse is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
2. transitive verb. To beat or thrash.
3. intransitive verb. To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
4. noun. A blow on the face.
5. noun. searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod

   Synonyms: dowsing, rhabdomancy

6. verb. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

   "souse water on his hot face"

   Synonyms: douse, drench, soak, sop, souse

7. verb. slacken

   "douse a rope"

   Synonyms: douse

8. verb. use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
9. verb. wet thoroughly

   Synonyms: douse

Synonyms

dowsing, rhabdomancy, douse, drench, soak, sop, souse

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dowse:

sowed

Common word forms

dowsed, dowser, dowses, dowsing

Words from these letters

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