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Yes. The word bobsleigh is a Scrabble US word. The word bobsleigh is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word bobsleigh is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

B3O1B3S1L1E1I1G2H4

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9-letter words (1 found)

BOBSLEIGH,

7-letter words (8 found)

BILBOES,BOLSHIE,GIBBOSE,GOBBLES,HOBBIES,HOBBLES,LOBBIES,OBLIGES,

6-letter words (18 found)

BESIGH,BIBLES,BILBOS,BILGES,BOGIES,BOGLES,GIBELS,GLOBES,GOBBLE,GOBIES,HELIOS,HOBBLE,HOLIES,ISOHEL,LOGIES,OBLIGE,SEGHOL,SLEIGH,

5-letter words (45 found)

BHELS,BIBES,BIBLE,BIGOS,BILBO,BILES,BILGE,BIOGS,BLEBS,BLOBS,BLOGS,BOGIE,BOGLE,BOILS,BOLES,BOSIE,GIBEL,GIBES,GLEIS,GLIBS,GLOBE,GLOBI,GLOBS,GOBBI,GOBIS,GOELS,GOLES,HEILS,HELIO,HELOS,HOISE,HOLES,HOSEL,LEISH,LESBO,LOBES,LOGES,LOGIE,OBELI,OGLES,SEGOL,SHEOL,SHIEL,SHOGI,SOLEI,

4-letter words (86 found)

BEGO,BEGS,BELS,BHEL,BIBE,BIBS,BIGS,BILE,BIOG,BIOS,BISE,BISH,BLEB,BLOB,BLOG,BOBS,BOGS,BOHS,BOIL,BOIS,BOLE,BOSH,EBBS,EGIS,EGOS,EISH,ELHI,GELS,GEOS,GHIS,GIBE,GIBS,GIES,GIOS,GLEI,GLIB,GLOB,GOBI,GOBS,GOEL,GOES,GOLE,GOSH,HEIL,HELO,HIES,HOBS,HOES,HOGS,HOIS,HOLE,HOLS,HOSE,ISLE,LEGS,LEIS,LIBS,LIES,LIGS,LOBE,LOBI,LOBS,LOGE,LOGS,LOSE,LOSH,OBES,OBIS,OGLE,OILS,OLES,SEGO,SEIL,SHOE,SHOG,SIBB,SIGH,SILE,SILO,SLEB,SLOB,SLOE,SLOG,SOIL,SOLE,SOLI,

3-letter words (67 found)

BEG,BEL,BES,BIB,BIG,BIO,BIS,BOB,BOG,BOH,BOI,BOS,EBB,EGO,EHS,ELS,GEL,GEO,GHI,GIB,GIE,GIO,GIS,GOB,GOE,GOS,HES,HIE,HIS,HOB,HOE,HOG,HOI,HOS,IOS,ISH,ISO,LEG,LEI,LES,LIB,LIE,LIG,LIS,LOB,LOG,LOS,OBE,OBI,OBS,OES,OHS,OIL,OIS,OLE,OSE,SEG,SEI,SEL,SHE,SHO,SIB,SIG,SOB,SOG,SOH,SOL,

2-letter words (23 found)

BE,BI,BO,EH,EL,ES,GI,GO,HE,HI,HO,IO,IS,LI,LO,OB,OE,OH,OI,OS,SH,SI,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 249 words from bobsleigh according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bobsleigh

bobsleigh

Etymology

From bobs, the short runners on which the bobsleigh is based (as opposed to a usual sleigh on long runners continuing all the way along the vehicle); further etymology unclear. Attested since 1839 as bob-sled, long before the invention of the sport.

Noun

bobsleigh (countable and uncountable, plural bobsleighs)

  1. (obsolete) A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
  2. (uncountable, UK) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
  3. (UK) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.

Synonyms

  • bob
  • bobsled (USA/Canada)

Translations

Verb

bobsleigh (third-person singular simple present bobsleighs, present participle bobsleighing, simple past and past participle bobsleighed)

  1. To ride a bobsleigh.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔb.slɛj/, /bɔb.slɛ/, /bɔb.slɛɡ/

Noun

bobsleigh f (plural bobsleighs)

  1. bobsleigh

Further reading

  • “bobsleigh”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • bobslei

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bobsleigh or French bobsleigh.

Noun

bobsleigh n (plural bobsleigh-uri)

  1. bobsleigh

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bobsleigh.

Noun

bobsleigh m (plural bobsleighs)

  1. bobsleigh

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.


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