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Yes. The word hautboy is a Scrabble US word. The word hautboy is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word hautboy is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

H4A1U1T1B3O1Y4

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Yes. The word hautboy is a Words With Friends word. The word hautboy is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

HAUTBOY,

5-letter words (9 found)

ABOUT,BAHUT,BAYOU,BOTHY,BOYAU,BUTOH,OUTBY,THUYA,YOUTH,

4-letter words (26 found)

ABUT,AHOY,AUTO,BAHT,BAHU,BATH,BAYT,BHAT,BHUT,BOAT,BOTA,BOTH,BOUT,BUAT,BUOY,HABU,HAUT,HOUT,HOYA,OATH,OATY,OUTA,TABU,THOU,TOBY,TUBA,

3-letter words (37 found)

ABO,ABY,AYU,BAH,BAO,BAT,BAY,BOA,BOH,BOT,BOY,BUT,BUY,HAO,HAT,HAY,HOA,HOB,HOT,HOY,HUB,HUT,OAT,OBA,OUT,TAB,TAO,TAU,TAY,THO,THY,TOY,TUB,UTA,YAH,YOB,YOU,

2-letter words (20 found)

AB,AH,AT,AY,BA,BO,BY,HA,HO,OB,OH,OU,OY,TA,TO,UH,UT,YA,YO,YU,

You can make 93 words from hautboy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hautboy

hautboy

Alternative forms

  • haut-boy (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French hautbois. Doublet of oboe and hautbois.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊˌbɔɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊˌbɔɪ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊbɔɪ

Noun

hautboy (plural hautboys)

  1. (dated, music) An oboe or similar treble double reed instrument.
    • 1694, uncredited translator, The Voyage into Spitzbergen and Greenland by Friderich Martens in An Account of Several Late Voyages & Discoveries to the South and North, London: Sam Smith and Benjamin Walford, Chapter 1, p. 12,[1]
      When after this manner any have lost their Ships, and cannot be seen, they discharge a Cannon from the Ship, or sound the Trumpets, or Haut-boys, according as they are provided in their Ships, that the men that are lost may find their Ship again.
    • 1816, William Hazlitt, “Theatrical Debuts,” The Examiner, 20 October, 1816, in A. R. Waller and Arnold Glover (eds.), The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, London: J.M. Dent, 1903, p. 341,[3]
      The notes proceed from her mouth as mechanically, as unmitigated by the sentiment, as if they came from the sharp hautboy or grating bassoon.
  2. (music) A reed stop on an organ giving a similar sound.
  3. A tall-growing strawberry, Fragaria elatior, having a musky flavour.

Derived terms

  • hautboyist

Descendants

  • → Russian: гобой (goboj)
    • → Armenian: հոբոյ (hoboy)
    • → Azerbaijani: qoboy
    • → Georgian: ჰობოი (hoboi)
    • → Kazakh: гобой (goboi)

Anagrams

  • Hout Bay

Source: wiktionary.org