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Is boong a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word boong is a Scrabble US word. The word boong is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is boong a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word boong is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

B3O1O1N1G2

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5-letter words (2 found)

BONGO,BOONG,

4-letter words (5 found)

BONG,BOON,GOBO,GOON,NOOB,

3-letter words (12 found)

BOG,BON,BOO,GOB,GON,GOO,NOB,NOG,NOO,OBO,ONO,OON,

2-letter words (6 found)

BO,GO,NO,OB,ON,OO,

You can make 25 words from boong according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of boong

boong obong boong obong oobng oobng bonog obnog bnoog nboog onbog nobog bonog obnog bnoog nboog onbog nobog oonbg oonbg onobg noobg onobg noobg boogn obogn boogn obogn oobgn oobgn bogon obgon bgoon gboon ogbon gobon bogon obgon bgoon gboon ogbon gobon oogbn oogbn ogobn goobn ogobn goobn bongo obngo bnogo nbogo onbgo nobgo bogno obgno bgono gbono ogbno gobno bngoo nbgoo bgnoo gbnoo ngboo gnboo ongbo nogbo ognbo gonbo ngobo gnobo bongo obngo bnogo nbogo onbgo nobgo bogno obgno bgono gbono ogbno gobno bngoo nbgoo bgnoo gbnoo ngboo gnboo ongbo nogbo ognbo gonbo ngobo gnobo oongb oongb onogb noogb onogb noogb oognb oognb ogonb goonb ogonb goonb ongob nogob ognob gonob ngoob gnoob ongob nogob ognob gonob ngoob gnoob

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Definitions and meaning of boong

boong

Etymology

Suggested sources are

  • Malay bung (“brother”),
  • Indonesian dialectal bung (“brother”)
  • A New Guinea native language
  • An Aboriginal Australian language.

Previously the word Binghi was used widely in similar fashion to the present-day use of the term Negro for peoples of African ancestry; see titles from this booklist and also writings of Xavier Herbert (e.g. in Capricornia), for example.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʊŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ʊŋ

Noun

boong (plural boongs)

  1. (Australia, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) An Australian Aboriginal person.
  2. (Australia, slang, dated) A native of New Guinea or Malaysia.

Alternative forms

  • bung or bong

Synonyms

  • (Asian or dark-skinned person): Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel
  • (aboriginal): abo, Jacky

See also

  • List of ethnic slurs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

  • bogon, bongo

Gilbertese

Noun

boong

  1. plural of bong

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

From French pont.

Noun

boong

  1. (nautical) deck

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Adjective

boong

  1. (onomatopoeia) bell-like resounding sound

Etymology 3

From English bong.

Noun

(classifier cái) boong

  1. bong (water pipe used to smoke cannabis)

Source: wiktionary.org