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Is bulb a Scrabble word?

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

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Is bulb a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is bulb a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bulb is a Words With Friends word. The word bulb is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (2 found)

BLUB,BULB,

3-letter words (1 found)

BUB,

You can make 3 words from bulb according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bulb

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Definitions and meaning of bulb

bulb

Etymology

From Middle English bulb, bolbe, from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: bŭlb, IPA(key): /ˈbʌlb/
  • (Southern American English, AAVE, obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈbʌb/
  • Rhymes: -ʌlb

Noun

bulb (plural bulbs)

  1. The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
  2. (dated, neuroanatomy) The medulla oblongata.
  3. Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
    1. A light bulb (not necessarily bulbous in shape).
  4. (nautical) A bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.
  5. (obsolete) An onion.

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Verb

bulb (third-person singular simple present bulbs, present participle bulbing, simple past and past participle bulbed)

  1. (intransitive) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

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Anagrams

  • blub

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulbus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈbulp]

Noun

bulb m (plural bulbs)

  1. (botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root of a plant)

Derived terms

  • bulb galàctic
  • bulb raquidi

Related terms

  • bulbós

Further reading

  • “bulb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bulbe.

Noun

bulb m (plural bulbi)

  1. bulb

Declension


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