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Is booby a Scrabble word?

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

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Is booby a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is booby a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word booby is a Words With Friends word. The word booby is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

BOOBY,YOBBO,

4-letter words (3 found)

BOBO,BOOB,BOYO,

3-letter words (5 found)

BOB,BOO,BOY,OBO,YOB,

2-letter words (6 found)

BO,BY,OB,OO,OY,YO,

You can make 16 words from booby according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of booby

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Definitions and meaning of booby

booby

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuːbi/
  • Rhymes: -uːbi

Etymology 1

17th century. From Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”).

Noun

booby (plural boobies)

  1. A stupid person.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool
  2. Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.
    Synonym: sulid
  3. In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket.
Derived terms
  • boob
  • booby prize
  • booby trap
  • boobyish
  • boobyism
  • Abbott's booby, Papasula abbotti
  • blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii
  • Brewster's booby
  • brown booby, Sula leucogaster
  • masked booby, Sula dactylatra
  • Nazca booby, Sula granti
  • Peruvian booby, Sula variegata
  • red-footed booby, Sula sula
  • Tasman booby, Sula dactylatra tasmani
Translations

Verb

booby (third-person singular simple present boobies, present participle boobying, simple past and past participle boobied)

  1. (rare, intransitive) To behave stupidly; to act like a booby.
  2. (transitive) To install a booby trap on or at (something); to attack (someone) with a booby trap.

Adjective

booby (comparative more booby, superlative most booby)

  1. (slang, obsolete) Stupid; unintelligent.
    Synonyms: boobish, boobily; see also Thesaurus:stupid

Etymology 2

From the earlier form bubby.

Noun

booby (plural boobies)

  1. (colloquial) A breast.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:breast
Derived terms
  • boob
Descendants
  • Sranan Tongo: bobi (or from bubby)
Translations

Etymology 3

boob +‎ -y

Adjective

booby (comparative boobier, superlative boobiest)

  1. (informal, of clothing or a person) Displaying breasts prominently.
  2. (informal) Having large breasts.
    Synonyms: busty, chesty

References

  • Jonathon Green (2024) “booby adj.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  • Jonathon Green (2024) “booby adj.2”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Anagrams

  • yobbo

Source: wiktionary.org