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Is boomer a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word boomer is a Scrabble US word. The word boomer is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is boomer a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word boomer is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

B3O1O1M3E1R1

Is boomer a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word boomer is a Words With Friends word. The word boomer is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

BOOMER,

5-letter words (6 found)

BROME,BROMO,BROOM,OMBER,OMBRE,ROMEO,

4-letter words (14 found)

BERM,BOOM,BOOR,BORE,BORM,BROO,MOBE,MOER,MOOR,MORE,OBOE,OMER,ROBE,ROOM,

3-letter words (22 found)

BOO,BOR,BRO,EMO,ERM,MOB,MOE,MOO,MOR,OBE,OBO,OOM,OOR,ORB,ORE,REB,REM,REO,ROB,ROE,ROM,ROO,

2-letter words (12 found)

BE,BO,EM,ER,ME,MO,OB,OE,OM,OO,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 56 words from boomer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of boomer

boomer

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuːmə(ɹ)/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbuːmə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbumɚ/
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈbʉːmə/
  • Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

boom +‎ -er

Noun

boomer (plural boomers)

  1. An adult male kangaroo.
  2. Something that makes a booming sound.
  3. (US, mainly 1920–1930) A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work.
  4. A device used to bind or tighten chain.
    Synonym: chain binder
  5. (US, nautical, military, slang) A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN.
  6. (UK) A bittern (subfamily Botaurinae).
  7. (Appalachia) A red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).
  8. A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).
    Synonyms: sewellel beaver, sewellel
  9. (realtime strategy games) A player who prioritises economic development and securing resources (and therefore future production) over offence or defence.
    • 2008 June 12, Kresten Toftgaard Andersen, Anders Buch, Dennis Dahl Christensen & Dung Tran, "Reinforcement Learning in RTS games" (master thesis), page 51.
    • 2008 July 13-15, Jin Park, Du Zhang & Meiliu Lu, "An intelligent agent for the game of Age of Mythology: the Titans", 2008 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, page 93.
  10. (US, historical) Alternative letter-case form of Boomer (“Oklahoma settler”)

Etymology 2

Noun

boomer (plural boomers)

  1. (informal) Ellipsis of baby boomer.
    Coordinate term: zoomer
    Alternative form: Boomer
  2. (by extension, slang, sometimes derogatory) An elderly person, regardless of generation.
  3. (by extension, slang, sometimes derogatory) A person who is too old to be familiar with the use of recent technology.
Derived terms
  • boomer remover
  • boomer shooter
  • echo boomer
  • grandboomer
  • OK, boomer

See also

References

  • “boomer”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Broome

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed English boomer, a clipping of baby boomer. Equivalent to boom +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuː.mər/
  • Hyphenation: boo‧mer

Noun

boomer m (plural boomers)

  1. (informal) A baby boomer, stereotypically associated with selfish or old-fashioned ideas. [from ca. 2000]

French

Etymology

Borrowed English boomer, a clipping of baby boomer; mainly through the expression OK, boomer. Equivalent to boom +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.mœʁ/

Noun

boomer m (plural boomers, feminine boomeuse)

  1. (Internet slang) a baby boomer, an old person stereotypically portrayed as ignorant of new technology or modern concepts

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English boomer.

Noun

boomer m (invariable)

  1. boomer

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English boomer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.mɛr/
  • Rhymes: -umɛr
  • Syllabification: boo‧mer

Noun

boomer m pers

  1. (derogatory, Internet slang) boomer (person who does not know how to utilize new technologies well)

Declension

Further reading

  • boomer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • boomer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Turkish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English boomer, a clipping of baby boomer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buː.m(ɯ)ɾ/

Noun

boomer (definite accusative boomerı, plural boomerlar)

  1. (slang) boomer, baby boomer

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org