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Is goo a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word goo is a Scrabble US word. The word goo is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Is goo a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word goo is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

G2O1O1

Is goo a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word goo is a Words With Friends word. The word goo is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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Valid words made from Goo

You can make 3 words from 'goo' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

3 letters words from 'goo'

GOO 4 

2 letters words from 'goo'

GO 3OO 2

All 3 letters words made out of goo

goo ogo goo ogo oog oog

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Definitions and meaning of goo

goo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡuː/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

American English, known since 1903, possibly from burgoo (“thick porridge”) (1787); alternately, perhaps an alteration of glue.

Noun

goo (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable, informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.
    Synonyms: gloop, goop, gunge, gunk; see also Thesaurus:goo
  2. Excessive, showy sentimentality.
    Synonyms: mawkishness, saccharinity, sugariness
Derived terms
  • from goo to you by way of the zoo
  • gooey
  • gooeyness
Translations

Verb

goo (third-person singular simple present goos, present participle gooing, simple past and past participle gooed)

  1. (transitive) To apply goo to something.
    They gooed their hair with some fragrant styling product.

Etymology 2

(onomatopoeia)

Noun

goo (plural goos)

  1. An example of baby talk.
    The infant's goos and gahs were endearing.

Verb

goo (third-person singular simple present goos, present participle gooing, simple past and past participle gooed)

  1. (intransitive) To produce baby talk.
    The baby gooed while daddy made sappy faces at it.

See also

  • gaga, ga-ga
  • goo-goo

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “goo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

  • ogo

Dutch

Noun

goo f (plural gooën)

  1. Alternative form of gouw

Anagrams

  • oog

Esperanto

Noun

goo (accusative singular goon, plural gooj, accusative plural goojn)

  1. The board game go

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish guth, from Proto-Celtic *gutus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuHtus, from *ǵʰewH- (“to call on, invoke”).

Noun

goo m (genitive singular goo, plural googhyn)

  1. voice
  2. word, reputation

Mutation

Etymology 2

Noun

goo

  1. Eclipsed form of coo.

Middle English

Verb

goo

  1. Alternative form of gon (“to go”)

References

p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.


Source: wiktionary.org
  • a sticky or viscous substance.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)