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

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Is boucle a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

BOUCLE,

5-letter words (3 found)

BOULE,COBLE,LEUCO,

4-letter words (11 found)

BLOC,BLUE,BOLE,CLOU,CLUB,CLUE,COLE,CUBE,LOBE,LUBE,LUCE,

3-letter words (14 found)

BEL,CEL,COB,COL,CUB,CUE,ECO,ECU,LEU,LOB,LOU,OBE,OLE,ULE,

2-letter words (7 found)

BE,BO,EL,LO,OB,OE,OU,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 37 words from boucle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of boucle

boucle

Noun

boucle (countable and uncountable, plural boucles)

  1. Alternative spelling of bouclé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French boucle, bocle, from Latin buccula (“the cheek strap of a helmet”), diminutive of bucca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bukl/

Noun

boucle f (plural boucles)

  1. loop (line returning to its origin)
  2. (jewelry) earring
  3. buckle (of a belt, etc.)
  4. curl (of hair)
  5. ringlet
  6. (graph theory) loop
  7. (figure skating) loop jump
  8. (aviation) loop the loop (aircraft manoeuvre)

Derived terms

  • boucle infinie
  • boucler la boucle
  • Grande Boucle
  • boucle d’oreille
  • en boucle

Related terms

  • boucler
  • bouclette

Descendants

  • → Catalan: bucle m
  • → Esperanto: buklo
  • → Galician: bucle
  • → Greek: μπούκλα (boúkla)
  • → Portuguese: bucle
  • → Romanian: buclă
  • → Russian: бу́кля (búklja)
  • → Spanish: bucle m
  • → Turkish: bukle

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

From Latin buccula, diminutive of bucca (“cheek”). Compare Anglo-Norman bucle.

Noun

boucle oblique singular, f (oblique plural boucles, nominative singular boucle, nominative plural boucles)

  1. buckle

Descendants

  • French: boucle
    • → Catalan: bucle m
    • → Esperanto: buklo
    • → Galician: bucle
    • → Greek: μπούκλα (boúkla)
    • → Portuguese: bucle
    • → Romanian: buclă
    • → Russian: бу́кля (búklja)
    • → Spanish: bucle m
    • → Turkish: bukle
  • Norman: boucl'ye (Jersey)
  • → Middle English: bokel
    • English: buckle
    • Yola: boouchel
  • → Irish: búcla
  • → Middle High German: buckel
    • German: Buckel

Source: wiktionary.org