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Is boll a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word boll is a Scrabble US word. The word boll is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is boll a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word boll is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

B3O1L1L1

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Yes. The word boll is a Words With Friends word. The word boll is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

BOLL,

3-letter words (1 found)

LOB,

2-letter words (3 found)

BO,LO,OB,

You can make 5 words from boll according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of boll

boll obll blol lbol olbl lobl boll obll blol lbol olbl lobl bllo lblo bllo lblo llbo llbo ollb lolb ollb lolb llob llob

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word boll. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in boll.

Definitions and meaning of boll

boll

Etymology

From Middle English bolle (“pod; shell”) and Middle Dutch bolle (“round object”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“round object; bowl”). More at bowl.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɒl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /boʊl/
  • Rhymes: -ɒl, -əʊl
  • Homophones: bole, bowl

Noun

boll (plural bolls)

  1. The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
  2. A protuberance or excrescence growing on the trunks of some trees, a burl.
  3. (Scotland) An old dry measure equal to six bushels.

Derived terms

  • boll weevil
  • cotton boll
  • throat-boll

Translations

Verb

boll (third-person singular simple present bolls, present participle bolling, simple past and past participle bolled)

  1. To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

  • bóol (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German wol, wole, from Old High German wola, from Proto-Germanic *wela. Cognate with German wohl, Dutch wel, English well, Icelandic vel.

Adverb

boll

  1. (Luserna) well
    Synonym: gerècht

References

  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

German

Verb

boll

  1. (obsolete) first/third-person singular preterite of bellen

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bollo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔll/

Noun

boll m (plural bolol)

  1. postage stamp
  2. brand

Related terms

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish balder, baller, from Old Norse bǫllr (“ball, globe”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“round thing, bubble”), from *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”).

Pronunciation

Noun

boll c

  1. a ball; a more or less spherical object which is not hard or unyielding (compare kula)
  2. (soccer) a ball (pass)
  3. (colloquial, often in the plural) a ball (testicle)
    Synonym: testikel

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Finnish: polla, bolla

See also

  • klot
  • kula
  • sfär

References

  • boll in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • boll in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • boll in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org