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Is bamboo a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bamboo is a Scrabble US word. The word bamboo is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

B3A1M3B3O1O1

Is bamboo a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bamboo is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

B3A1M3B3O1O1

Is bamboo a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bamboo is a Words With Friends word. The word bamboo is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4A1M4B4O1O1

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6-letter words (1 found)

BAMBOO,

5-letter words (2 found)

BABOO,BOMBO,

4-letter words (8 found)

AMBO,BOAB,BOBA,BOBO,BOMA,BOMB,BOOB,BOOM,

3-letter words (14 found)

ABB,ABO,BAM,BAO,BOA,BOB,BOO,MOA,MOB,MOO,OBA,OBO,OMA,OOM,

2-letter words (9 found)

AB,AM,BA,BO,MA,MO,OB,OM,OO,

You can make 34 words from bamboo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bamboo

bamboo

Alternative forms

  • bambu (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu), variant form of ಬೇವು (bēvu). Cognate with Malayalam വേപ്പ് (vēppŭ), Telugu వేప (vēpa), from Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu (“neem”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: băm-bo͞oʹ, IPA(key): /bæmˈbu/

Noun

bamboo (countable and uncountable, plural bamboos)

  1. A fast-growing grass of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
  2. (uncountable) The wood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc.
  3. (countable) A stick, rod, pole, or cane of bamboo, especially one used for corporal punishment.
  4. (slang) A didgeridoo.
  5. (slang) A member of the British military or British East India Company who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Albanian: bambu
  • → Finnish: bambu
  • → Greek: μπαμπού (bampoú)
  • → Guugu Yimidhirr: bambu
  • → Russian: бамбу́к (bambúk) (or Dutch bamboe or French bambou) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Welsh: bambŵ

Translations

Adjective

bamboo (not comparable)

  1. Made of the wood of the bamboo.

Translations

Verb

bamboo (third-person singular simple present bamboos, present participle bambooing, simple past and past participle bambooed)

  1. (transitive) To flog with a bamboo cane.
  2. (transitive) To paint (furniture, etc.) to give it the appearance of bamboo.
  3. (India, slang) To penetrate sexually.

Gooniyandi

Noun

bamboo

  1. didgeridoo

Mandinka

Noun

bamboo

  1. crocodile

Source: wiktionary.org