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Is busy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word busy is a Scrabble US word. The word busy is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

B3U1S1Y4

Is busy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word busy is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

B3U1S1Y4

Is busy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word busy is a Words With Friends word. The word busy is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4U2S1Y3

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4-letter words (2 found)

BUSY,BUYS,

3-letter words (5 found)

BUS,BUY,BYS,SUB,YUS,

2-letter words (3 found)

BY,US,YU,

You can make 10 words from busy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of busy

busy ubsy bsuy sbuy usby suby buys ubys byus ybus uybs yubs bsyu sbyu bysu ybsu sybu ysbu usyb suyb uysb yusb syub ysub

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word busy. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in busy.

Definitions and meaning of busy

busy

Etymology

From Middle English bisy, busie, from Old English bisiġ (“busy, occupied, diligent”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisīg (“diligent; zealous; busy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian biesich (“active, diligent, hard-working, industrious”), Dutch bezig (“busy”), Low German besig (“busy”), Old Frisian bisgia (“to use”), Old English bisgian (“to occupy, employ, trouble, afflict”). The spelling with ⟨u⟩ represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects while the Modern English pronunciation with /ɪ/ is from the dialects of the East Midlands.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: bĭz'i, IPA(key): /ˈbɪzi/
  • Rhymes: -ɪzi
  • Hyphenation: bus‧y

Adjective

busy (comparative busier, superlative busiest)

  1. Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
  2. Engaged in activity or by someone else.
  3. Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
  4. Officious; meddling.

Synonyms

  • swamped

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Translations

Verb

busy (third-person singular simple present busies, present participle busying, simple past and past participle busied)

  1. (transitive, usually reflexive) To make somebody busy or active; to occupy.
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (transitive) To rush somebody. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

  • bebusy
  • busy around
  • forebusy
  • overbusy
  • unbusy

Translations

Noun

busy (plural busies)

  1. (slang, UK, Liverpool, derogatory) A police officer.

References

  • “busy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “busy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • buys

Middle English

Adjective

busy

  1. Alternative form of bisy

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