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Is bourse a Scrabble word?

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

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Is bourse a Scrabble UK word?

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

B3O1U1R1S1E1

Is bourse a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bourse is a Words With Friends word. The word bourse is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4O1U2R1S1E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

BOURSE,

5-letter words (12 found)

BORES,BOUSE,BROSE,BURSE,EUROS,REBUS,ROBES,ROUES,ROUSE,RUBES,SOBER,SUBER,

4-letter words (30 found)

BORE,BORS,BROS,BRUS,BURS,EROS,EURO,OBES,ORBS,ORES,OURS,REBS,REOS,ROBE,ROBS,ROES,ROSE,ROUE,RUBE,RUBS,RUES,RUSE,SORB,SORE,SOUR,SUER,SURE,URBS,URES,USER,

3-letter words (33 found)

BES,BOR,BOS,BRO,BRU,BUR,BUS,ERS,OBE,OBS,OES,ORB,ORE,ORS,OSE,OUR,OUS,REB,REO,RES,ROB,ROE,RUB,RUE,SER,SOB,SOU,SUB,SUE,SUR,URB,URE,USE,

2-letter words (13 found)

BE,BO,ER,ES,OB,OE,OR,OS,OU,RE,SO,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 90 words from bourse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bourse

bourse

Etymology

Borrowed from French bourse, from Old French borse, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of purse, compare Danish børs, Swedish börs, German Börse. See also bursar.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɔːs/, /bʊəs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːs, -ʊəs

Noun

bourse (plural bourses)

  1. A stock exchange.
    1. (figuratively) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourse.
  2. (philately) A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
  3. (botany) The swollen basal part of an inflorescence axis at the onset of fruit development; it bears leaves whose axillary buds differentiate and may grow out as shoots.

Related terms

  • burse

Related terms

  • bursar
  • burse
  • purse
  • reimburse

Translations

Further reading

  • bourse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Brouse, besour, bouser

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French borse, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buʁs/

Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

  1. (dated) coin purse
    Synonym: porte-monnaie
  2. a purseful of money; by extension, any sum of money available to be paid
  3. financial grant
  4. bourse, stock exchange
  5. (anatomy)
    1. (generally in the plural) the scrotum
      Synonym: scrotum
    2. (in the plural, slang) balls
      Synonyms: testicules, (slang) couilles

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: bourse
  • → Persian: بورس (burs)
  • → Romanian: bursă
  • → Turkish: burs

References

  • Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
  • “bourse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French borse.

Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

  1. bag or purse

Descendants

  • French: bourse
  • German: Börse

Norman

Etymology

From Old French borse, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

  1. (Jersey) mermaid's purse
  2. (Jersey) shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
  3. (Jersey) corn salad (Valerianella locusta)

Synonyms

  • (mermaid's purse): bourse au dgiâbl'ye, chiviéthe à bras, crapaud d'mé
  • (shepherd's purse): pid d'ouaîthé

Descendants

  • English: burse

Source: wiktionary.org