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Is bobtail a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bobtail is a Scrabble US word. The word bobtail is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

B3O1B3T1A1I1L1

Is bobtail a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bobtail is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

B3O1B3T1A1I1L1

Is bobtail a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bobtail is a Words With Friends word. The word bobtail is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

BOBTAIL,

6-letter words (2 found)

BILBOA,OBITAL,

5-letter words (6 found)

ABBOT,ABOIL,BALTI,BILBO,BIOTA,BLOAT,

4-letter words (29 found)

ALIT,ALTO,BAIL,BAIT,BITO,BLAB,BLAT,BLIT,BLOB,BLOT,BOAB,BOAT,BOBA,BOIL,BOLA,BOLT,BOTA,IOTA,LATI,LOBI,LOTA,LOTI,OBIA,OBIT,TABI,TAIL,TALI,TOIL,TOLA,

3-letter words (31 found)

ABB,ABO,AIL,AIT,ALB,ALT,BAL,BAO,BAT,BIB,BIO,BIT,BOA,BOB,BOI,BOT,ITA,LAB,LAT,LIB,LIT,LOB,LOT,OAT,OBA,OBI,OIL,TAB,TAI,TAO,TIL,

2-letter words (17 found)

AB,AI,AL,AT,BA,BI,BO,IO,IT,LA,LI,LO,OB,OI,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 86 words from bobtail according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bobtail

bobtail

Etymology

bob +‎ tail

Pronunciation

  • (US)* IPA(key): /ˈbɑbteɪl/

Noun

bobtail (plural bobtails)

  1. A short, or deliberately shortened tail.
  2. An animal that has a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags.
  3. (agriculture) A tractor which performs without its trailer.
  4. A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length.
    1. The tractor unit of a semi-truck without a trailer
  5. (poker, often attributive) An open-ended straight or four flush.
    a bobtail flush
  6. A bobtail squid
  7. A bobtail skink

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Verb

bobtail (third-person singular simple present bobtails, present participle bobtailing, simple past and past participle bobtailed)

  1. (agriculture) To drive a tractor without its trailer.
    • 2002. David Diamond. The Trucker & The Professor, Wired (magazine), Issue 9.12[1]
      He deposits his trailer at a Marten facility in nearby Stockton, and then drives without the trailer - that's called "bobtailing".
  2. To drive a truck or other vehicle without its trailer.
    • 2003. Bergmann Co. Bergmann's Cleaning History:[2]
      W.C. Bergmann was supplementing his meager lamplighter's income by "bobtailing"… picking up laundry and cleaning in his horse drawn truck...

References

  • Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition
  • TWNA trucking terms and glossary
  • What is "bobtailing"?, Facts About Trucks, 2007.

Czech

Noun

bobtail m anim

  1. Old English Sheepdog

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org