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Is bubbe a Scrabble word?

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

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Is bubbe a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

BUBBE,

3-letter words (2 found)

BUB,EBB,

2-letter words (1 found)

BE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 5 words from bubbe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of bubbe

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Definitions and meaning of bubbe

bubbe

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish באָבע (bobe, “grandmother”), and then either from a Slavic language or from eastern Middle High German bābe (“old woman”), both from Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”) and ultimately imitative of a child’s babbling.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʊbə/, /ˈbʌ-/, /-bi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʊbə/, /ˈbʌ-/, /ˈbɔ-/, /-bi/
  • Rhymes: -ʊbə, -ʊbi, -ʌbi, -ɔːbə, -ɔːbi
  • Hyphenation: bub‧be

Noun

bubbe (plural bubbes) (chiefly in Jewish contexts)

  1. A grandmother.
  2. An elderly woman.

Alternative forms

  • bobbe, bobeh, bubbeh, bubbie, bubby, bube

Coordinate terms

  • zayde

Related terms

  • bubbe meise
  • babushka (possibly cognate)

Translations

References

Further reading

  • grandparent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Sidamo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbubːe/
  • Hyphenation: bub‧be

Noun

bubbe f 

  1. wind

Declension

References

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “bubbe”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Source: wiktionary.org