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Yes. The word boule is a Scrabble US word. The word boule is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (1 found)

BOULE,

4-letter words (4 found)

BLUE,BOLE,LOBE,LUBE,

3-letter words (7 found)

BEL,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 20 words from boule according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of boule

boule obule buole ubole ouble uoble bolue oblue bloue lboue olbue lobue buloe ubloe bluoe lbuoe ulboe luboe oulbe uolbe olube loube ulobe luobe bouel obuel buoel uboel oubel uobel boeul obeul beoul eboul oebul eobul bueol ubeol beuol ebuol uebol eubol ouebl uoebl oeubl eoubl ueobl euobl boleu obleu bloeu lboeu olbeu lobeu boelu obelu beolu ebolu oeblu eoblu bleou lbeou belou eblou lebou elbou olebu loebu oelbu eolbu leobu elobu buleo ubleo blueo lbueo ulbeo lubeo buelo ubelo beulo ebulo ueblo eublo bleuo lbeuo beluo ebluo lebuo elbuo ulebo luebo uelbo eulbo leubo elubo ouleb uoleb olueb loueb uloeb luoeb ouelb uoelb oeulb eoulb ueolb euolb oleub loeub oelub eolub leoub eloub uleob lueob uelob eulob leuob eluob

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Definitions and meaning of boule

boule

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːl/
  • Rhymes: -uːl

Etymology 1

From French boule. Doublet of bull (etymologies 2 and 4) and bulla, or of bowl and pulla, depending on the etymology of the French word.

Noun

boule (plural boules)

  1. One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
  2. A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means.
  3. A round loaf of bread.
  4. A round piece of dough.
  5. (woodworking) A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges.
Translations

Verb

boule (third-person singular simple present boules, present participle bouling, simple past and past participle bouled)

  1. (transitive, cooking, rare, nonstandard) To shape (a piece of dough) into a ball.
Translations

Etymology 2

Alteration of Boulle. See buhl.

Noun

boule (usually uncountable, plural boules)

  1. (woodworking) Alternative form of buhl

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βουλή (boulḗ).

Noun

boule (plural boules)

  1. (historical) A council of citizens in Ancient Greece
Related terms
  • bouleuterion
  • bouleutes
Translations

Anagrams

  • Lobue

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbou̯lɛ]
  • Rhymes: -oulɛ

Noun

boule f

  1. bulge, protuberance
  2. bump, swelling

Declension

Further reading

  • boule in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • boule in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • boule in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bul/
  • Rhymes: -ul

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French boule, from Old French bole (“knob”), from either Latin bulla (“bubble”), in which case it is a doublet of bulle (which was borrowed later), or from Frankish *bollā (“ball, bun, bowl, cup”), in which case it is a doublet of bol.

Noun

boule f (plural boules)

  1. ball, globe
  2. bowl (in the game of bowls)
    Il jette la boule. ― He throws the bowl.
  3. scoop (of e.g. ice cream)
    2 boules de glace. ― 2 scoops of ice cream.
  4. bauble
  5. (informal) head or face
  6. (France, slang) ball, testicle
  7. (Quebec, slang) tit, breast
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: boule

Noun

boule m (plural boules)

  1. (slang) butt, bum, ass

Etymology 2

Verb

boule

  1. inflection of bouler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “boule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French brûler (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈle/

Verb

boule

  1. to burn

Derived terms

  • n'ap boule

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

boule f (plural boules)

  1. (Jersey, nautical) buoy

Derived terms

  • boule d'sauvetage (“life belt”)

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbo.ule]

Noun

boule m

  1. vocative singular of bou

Source: wiktionary.org