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Is bounty a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bounty is a Scrabble US word. The word bounty is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

B3O1U1N1T1Y4

Is bounty a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bounty is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

B3O1U1N1T1Y4

Is bounty a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bounty is a Words With Friends word. The word bounty is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4O1U2N2T1Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

BOUNTY,

5-letter words (2 found)

BUNTY,OUTBY,

4-letter words (12 found)

BONY,BOUN,BOUT,BUNT,BUOY,NOUT,TOBY,TONY,TOUN,TUNY,UNTO,YONT,

3-letter words (20 found)

BON,BOT,BOY,BUN,BUT,BUY,NOB,NOT,NOY,NUB,NUT,ONY,OUT,TON,TOY,TUB,TUN,YOB,YON,YOU,

2-letter words (14 found)

BO,BY,NO,NU,NY,OB,ON,OU,OY,TO,UN,UT,YO,YU,

You can make 49 words from bounty according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bounty

bounty

Etymology

From Middle English bounte (“goodness, virtue; beauty; strength; chivalry, valour; excellence; kindness, mercy; good deed; generosity”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman bounté and Old French bonté, bontet, bunté (modern French bonté (“goodness, kindness”)), from Latin bonitās.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbaʊnti/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbaʊn(t)i/
  • Rhymes: -aʊnti
  • Hyphenation: boun‧ty

Noun

bounty (countable and uncountable, plural bounties)

  1. (uncountable) Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.
    Synonyms: liberality, munificence, bounteousness, (all uncountable; the last obsolete) bountihood
    Antonyms: frugality, parsimony, sparingness, (all uncountable) stinginess
  2. (countable) Something given liberally; a gift.
    Synonyms: boon, gratuity
  3. (countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
    1. (specifically) A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance.
    2. (military, historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.
  4. (countable, figuratively) An abundance or wealth.

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Verb

bounty (third-person singular simple present bounties, present participle bountying, simple past and past participle bountied)

  1. (transitive) To offer a monetary reward for the capturing or killing of.

References

Further reading

  • bounty (reward) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • bounty (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org