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Is bummer a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bummer is a Scrabble US word. The word bummer is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is bummer a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bummer is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is bummer a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bummer is a Words With Friends word. The word bummer is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

BUMMER,

5-letter words (3 found)

BRUME,UMBER,UMBRE,

4-letter words (4 found)

BERM,MURE,RUBE,RUME,

3-letter words (17 found)

BRU,BUM,BUR,EMU,ERM,MEM,MEU,MUM,REB,REM,RUB,RUE,RUM,UME,UMM,URB,URE,

2-letter words (9 found)

BE,EM,ER,ME,MM,MU,RE,UM,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 35 words from bummer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bummer

bummer

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʌ.mɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From German Bummler (“a drifter, a stroller, a rambler, a loiterer, a laggard”), from bummeln (“loaf, loiter, stroll, ramble”).

Noun

bummer (plural bummers)

  1. (obsolete, historical) A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
  2. (US, slang, dated) An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:scrounger
  3. A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans.
Derived terms
  • bum (noun)

Etymology 2

From bum (“make unhappy”) +‎ -er (agent noun suffix), originally US drug slang.

Noun

bummer (plural bummers)

  1. (colloquial) A disappointment, a pity, a shame.
  2. (slang, dated, drug use) A psychedelic crisis; hallucinogenic drug use producing undesirable dysphoric psychological effects, most often fear, paranoia, and especially horrifying hallucinations; a bad trip.
Related terms
  • bum out
See also
  • bad trip
  • psychedelic crisis

Interjection

bummer

  1. (colloquial) Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).
Translations

Etymology 3

From bum (“engage in anal sex”) +‎ -er (agent noun suffix).

Noun

bummer (plural bummers)

  1. (UK, slang, derogatory, offensive) A gay man.
    • Matt (interviewee) quoted in 2021, Laura Dixon, Gender, Sexuality and National Identity in the Lives of British Lifestyle Migrants in Spain (page 108)
      You know, the kind of guy who would, if he wasn't gay, probably be shouting ‘Oi, gay boy!’ or ‘You bummer!’ or even ‘Oi, paki!’ or what have you. They're not enlightened.
Translations

Etymology 4

From bum +‎ -er (comparative suffix).

Adjective

bummer

  1. comparative form of bum: more bum

Further reading

  • Jonathon Green (2024) “bummer n.2 (sodomite)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  • Jonathon Green (2024) “bummer n.3 (tramp)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  • Jonathon Green (2024) “bummer n.4 (bummer trip)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bum (“to ask for something for free”), from bum (“homeless person”), a back-formation from (now dated) bummer (“idle person”), from German Bummler (“loafer”), from bummeln (“to loaf”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ.me/

Verb

bummer

  1. (transitive, Quebec, slang) to bum (ask for something for free)

Conjugation


Source: wiktionary.org