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Is bounce a Scrabble word?

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

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Is bounce a Scrabble UK word?

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

B3O1U1N1C3E1

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Yes. The word bounce is a Words With Friends word. The word bounce is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

BOUNCE,

5-letter words (4 found)

BONCE,BUNCE,BUNCO,OUNCE,

4-letter words (9 found)

BONE,BOUN,CONE,CUBE,EBON,ONCE,UNBE,UNCE,UNCO,

3-letter words (15 found)

BEN,BON,BUN,COB,CON,CUB,CUE,ECO,ECU,EON,NEB,NOB,NUB,OBE,ONE,

2-letter words (11 found)

BE,BO,EN,NE,NO,NU,OB,OE,ON,OU,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 41 words from bounce according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bounce

bounce

Etymology

From Middle English bunsen (“to beat, thump”), perhaps imitative. Compare Low German bunsen (“to beat”), Dutch bonzen (“to thump, knock, throb”), and akin to bonken (“to bang, smash”), and possibly English bang.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: bouns, IPA(key): /baʊns/
  • Rhymes: -aʊns

Verb

bounce (third-person singular simple present bounces, present participle bouncing, simple past and past participle bounced)

  1. (intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
    Synonyms: bounce back, rebound
  2. (intransitive) To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
    Synonym: bob
  3. (transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
  4. (transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback.
  5. (intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
  6. To move rapidly (between).
  7. (intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
  8. (transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
  9. (intransitive, slang) To leave.
  10. (US, slang, dated) To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
  11. (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, sometimes followed by with) To have sexual intercourse.
    Synonyms: bang, do it, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate
  12. (transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
  13. (intransitive, electronics) To turn power off and back on; to reset.
  14. (transitive, intransitive, Internet, of an e-mail message) To return undelivered.
  15. (intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
  16. (intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
  17. (transitive, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
  18. (slang, archaic) To bully; to scold.
  19. (slang, archaic) To boast; to bluster.
  20. (archaic) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.

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Noun

bounce (countable and uncountable, plural bounces)

  1. A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
    Synonym: rebound
  2. A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
    Synonyms: bob, (repeated) bobbing, (repeated) bouncing
  3. (Internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
  4. The sack, dismissal.
  5. A bang, boom.
  6. (archaic) A drink based on brandy.W
  7. (archaic) A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
  8. (archaic) Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
  9. Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
    Synonyms: houndfish, morgay, small-spotted catshark
  10. (uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
  11. (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Drugs.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:recreational drug
  12. (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Swagger.
  13. (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A good beat in music.
  14. (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A talent for leaping.
    Synonyms: ups, mad ups
  15. (politics, informal) An increase in popularity.

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