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Is bosser a Scrabble word?

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

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Is bosser a Scrabble UK word?

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

B3O1S1S1E1R1

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6-letter words (3 found)

BOSSER,BROSES,SOBERS,

5-letter words (7 found)

BORES,BROSE,ROBES,ROSES,SOBER,SORBS,SORES,

4-letter words (19 found)

BORE,BORS,BOSS,BROS,EROS,OBES,ORBS,ORES,OSES,REBS,REOS,ROBE,ROBS,ROES,ROSE,SERS,SOBS,SORB,SORE,

3-letter words (21 found)

BES,BOR,BOS,BRO,ERS,ESS,OBE,OBS,OES,ORB,ORE,ORS,OSE,REB,REO,RES,ROB,ROE,SER,SOB,SOS,

2-letter words (10 found)

BE,BO,ER,ES,OB,OE,OR,OS,RE,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 61 words from bosser according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bosser

bosser

Etymology

boss +‎ -er?

Noun

bosser (plural bossers)

  1. (rare) A bossy person, one who orders others around.
  2. (UK, dialect) A large marble in children's games.
  3. An instrument used to push clay into a mold.

Anagrams

  • Bosers, Sobers, broses, sobers

Bavarian

Noun

bosser ?

  1. (Sauris) water

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ.se/

Etymology 1

First attested in 1878.

Probably from bosse +‎ -er (see below) with some sort of semantic shift. It has been suggested that in western France, the verb came to mean "to bend over for work"; alternately, that sailors raising an anchor was considered typical "hard work", or that the word came from the sense of "to emboss" and was originally cant used by artisans.

Verb

bosser

  1. (Europe, informal) to work, labour, do a day's work
    Synonym: travailler
  2. (Europe, informal) to train (for something), work on (something), study, improve (on something)
    Synonyms: potasser, réviser, s’entraîner, bûcher

Etymology 2

From bosse +‎ -er; cf. bossoir.

Verb

bosser (transitive)

  1. to emboss
  2. to dent; to cause a dent
  3. (nautical) to raise an anchor over the davit(s)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • “bosser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  • “bosser” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.

Anagrams

  • brosse, brossé

Source: wiktionary.org