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Is buffel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word buffel is a Scrabble US word. The word buffel is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is buffel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word buffel is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

B3U1F4F4E1L1

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6-letter words (1 found)

BUFFEL,

5-letter words (2 found)

BLUFF,BUFFE,

4-letter words (7 found)

BLUE,BUFF,FLUB,FLUE,FUEL,LUBE,LUFF,

3-letter words (8 found)

BEL,EFF,ELF,FEU,FLU,FUB,LEU,ULE,

2-letter words (5 found)

BE,EF,EL,FE,FU,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 24 words from buffel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of buffel

buffel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch buffel (“buffalo”), from Middle Dutch buffel, from Old French buffle, from Italian bufalo (archaic buffalo), from Latin bubalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbœ.fəl/

Noun

buffel (plural buffels)

  1. buffalo
  2. (more narrowly) Cape buffalo
    Synonym: Kaapse buffel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch buffel, from Old French buffle, from Italian bufalo (archaic buffalo), from Latin bubalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʏ.fəl/
  • Hyphenation: buf‧fel
  • Rhymes: -ʏfəl

Noun

buffel m (plural buffels, diminutive buffeltje n)

  1. A buffalo, one of some mammals of the subfamily Bovinae, especially of the genus Bubalus or Syncerus caffer.

Derived terms

  • bosbuffel
  • buffelkalf
  • buffelkoe
  • buffelstier
  • kafferbuffel
  • waterbuffel

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: buffel
  • → Sranan Tongo: bofru
    • → Lokono: boforo

Swedish

Noun

buffel c

  1. buffalo, especially water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
  2. (figurative) someone (socially) clumsy and insensitive

Declension

Derived terms

  • bufflig

See also

  • bisonoxe

References

  • buffel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • buffel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • buffel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org