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Is bullseye a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bullseye is a Scrabble US word. The word bullseye is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

B3U1L1L1S1E1Y4E1

Is bullseye a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bullseye is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

B3U1L1L1S1E1Y4E1

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8-letter words (1 found)

BULLSEYE,

7-letter words (1 found)

BULLEYS,

6-letter words (5 found)

BELLES,BLUELY,BLUESY,BLUEYS,BULLEY,

5-letter words (16 found)

BELLE,BELLS,BELLY,BLEES,BLEYS,BLUES,BLUEY,BULLS,BULLY,BULSE,LUBES,SEELY,SELLE,SULLY,YELLS,YULES,

4-letter words (34 found)

BEES,BELL,BELS,BEYS,BLEE,BLEY,BLUE,BULL,BUSY,BUYS,BYES,EELS,EELY,ELLS,ELSE,EYES,LEES,LEYS,LUBE,LUES,LYES,LYSE,SEEL,SELE,SELL,SLEB,SLEE,SLEY,SLUB,SLUE,UEYS,ULES,YELL,YULE,

3-letter words (29 found)

BEE,BEL,BES,BEY,BUS,BUY,BYE,BYS,EEL,ELL,ELS,EYE,LEE,LES,LEU,LEY,LYE,SEE,SEL,SEY,SLY,SUB,SUE,SYE,UEY,ULE,USE,YES,YUS,

2-letter words (8 found)

BE,BY,EE,EL,ES,US,YE,YU,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 95 words from bullseye according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bullseye

bullseye

Alternative forms

  • bull's-eye, bull's eye

Etymology

From bull's +‎ eye. May have come from the practice of English archers shooting an arrow through the eye socket of a bull's skull as a test of skill. The connection to philately comes from the shape of the key plate or vignette.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbʊlzaɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbʊlzaɪ/

Noun

bullseye (plural bullseyes)

  1. (military, firearms) The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
  2. A shot which hits the centre of a target.
  3. (darts) The two central rings on a dartboard.
  4. A hard striped peppermint-flavoured boiled sweet.
  5. (nautical, obsolete) Thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light.
    Synonym: porthole
  6. A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.
  7. The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.
  8. A convex glass lens which is placed in front of a lamp to concentrate the light so as to make it more conspicuous as a signal; also the lantern itself.
  9. (military, by extension) A commonly-known reference point used when indicating the location or direction of something.
  10. (architecture) An oculus.
  11. (UK, slang) A £50 banknote.
  12. (philately, informal) Any of the first postage stamps produced in Brazil from 1843.

Derived terms

  • bullseye lantern

Descendants

  • → German: Bullauge (calque)
  • → Esperanto: bovokulo (calque)

Translations

Interjection

bullseye

  1. A cry when someone hits the bullseye of a target.
  2. (by extension) A response to a totally accurate statement.

Translations

See also

  • goat's eye

References

  • (philately): Douglas and Mary Patrick, The Musson Stamp Dictionary, Toronto, Musson Book Company, 1972.

Source: wiktionary.org