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Is bulge a Scrabble word?

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

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Is bulge a Scrabble UK word?

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

B3U1L1G2E1

Is bulge a Words With Friends word?

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

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5-letter words (2 found)

BUGLE,BULGE,

4-letter words (5 found)

BLUE,GLUE,GULE,LUBE,LUGE,

3-letter words (11 found)

BEG,BEL,BUG,GEL,GUB,GUE,GUL,LEG,LEU,LUG,ULE,

2-letter words (4 found)

BE,EL,GU,UG,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 23 words from bulge according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of bulge

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Definitions and meaning of bulge

bulge

Etymology

From Middle English bulge (“leather bag; hump”), from Old Northern French boulge (“leather bag”), from Late Latin bulga (“leather sack”), from Gaulish *bulga, *bulgos, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag, stomach”). Cognate with bilge, belly, bellows, budget, French bouge, German Balg, etc. Doublet of budge, and from the same root as belly and bellows. See also budget.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bʌldʒ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bʌld͡ʒ/, /bʊld͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌldʒ, -ʊldʒ

Noun

bulge (plural bulges)

  1. Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
  2. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
  3. (nautical) The bilge of a vessel.
  4. (colloquial) The outline of male genitals visible through clothing.
  5. (figurative) A sudden rise in value or quantity.

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  • bulge bracket

Verb

bulge (third-person singular simple present bulges, present participle bulging, simple past and past participle bulged)

  1. (intransitive) To stick out from (a surface).
    The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside.
    He stood six feet tall, with muscular arms bulging out of his black T-shirt.
  2. (intransitive) To bilge, as a ship; to founder.

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Anagrams

  • Bugle, bugle

Source: wiktionary.org