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Is blob a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word blob is a Scrabble US word. The word blob is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is blob a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word blob is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

B3L1O1B3

Is blob a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word blob is a Words With Friends word. The word blob is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

BLOB,

3-letter words (2 found)

BOB,LOB,

2-letter words (3 found)

BO,LO,OB,

You can make 6 words from blob according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of blob

blob

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /blɒb/
    Rhymes: -ɒb
  • (US) IPA(key): /blɑb/
  • Homophone: BLOB

Etymology 1

From Middle English *blob (“attested in blobby”). Possibly onomatopoeic, similarly to bleb and blubber.

Noun

blob (plural blobs)

  1. A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
  2. (astronomy) A large cloud of gas.
    1. Ellipsis of extended Lyman-Alpha blob, a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy.
  3. (dialect) A bubble; a bleb.
  4. A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb.
  5. The partially inflated air bag used in the sport of blobbing.
  6. (sports, slang) A score of zero.
  7. (as the blob) Physarum polycephalum, a bright yellow acellular slime mold known for solving puzzles, making decisions, etc. without a nervous system.
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See also

  • cluster

Verb

blob (third-person singular simple present blobs, present participle blobbing, simple past and past participle blobbed)

  1. (transitive) To splash in the form of a blob or blobs.
  2. (transitive) To drop a blob or blobs onto; to cover with blobs.
  3. (intransitive) To fall in the form of a blob or blobs.
    • 2013, Marcus Berkmann, "Blood and gore of the real 'who dunnits'," Review of Silent Witnesses by Nigel McCrery, Daily Mail, 22 August, 2013, [5]
      […] whether the blood has splashed, or blobbed, or trickled, can reveal whether the victim was killed here or moved afterwards.
  4. (intransitive, UK, colloquial) To spill sauce on oneself while eating.
  5. (intransitive, slang) To relax idly and mindlessly; to veg out.
  6. (intransitive) To catch eels by means of worms strung on a thread.
    Synonym: bob
Derived terms
  • blob off
  • blob out
Translations

Further reading

  • Blob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Physarum polycephalum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

blob (plural blobs)

  1. (databases) Alternative spelling of BLOB.

References

Anagrams

  • Lobb

Source: wiktionary.org