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Is pub a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pub is a Scrabble US word. The word pub is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

P3U1B3

Is pub a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pub is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

P3U1B3

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

P4U2B4

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3-letter words (1 found)

PUB,

2-letter words (1 found)

UP,

You can make 2 words from pub according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of pub

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Definitions and meaning of pub

pub

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pʌb/
  • (Northern England) IPA(key): /pʊb/
  • Rhymes: -ʌb, -ʊb

Etymology 1

Clipping of public house

Noun

pub (plural pubs)

  1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa) A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pub
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations

Verb

pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To go to one or more public houses.
Usage notes
  • Most commonly in the phrase "go pubbing".

See also

  • inn
  • off-licence
  • tavern

Etymology 2

Clipping of public server

Noun

pub (plural pubs)

  1. (video games, slang) A public server.

Etymology 3

Clipping of publication.

Noun

pub (plural pubs)

  1. Clipping of publication.
    registered pubs

Etymology 4

Clipping of publish.

Verb

pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed)

  1. (informal, transitive) to publish
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Clipping of publisher.

Noun

pub (plural pubs)

  1. Clipping of publisher.

Anagrams

  • UPB

Finnish

Alternative forms

  • pubi

Etymology

From English pub.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpub/, [ˈpub]
  • Rhymes: -ub
  • Syllabification(key): pub

Noun

pub

  1. pub

Declension

Further reading

  • “pub”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Etymology 1

Clipping of publicité.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pyb/

Noun

pub f (plural pubs)

  1. Television ad or advert
Derived terms
  • pause pub
  • pubard

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pub.

Pronunciation

  • (France) IPA(key): /pœb/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /pɔb/

Noun

pub m (plural pubs)

  1. pub
Derived terms
  • resto pub

Further reading

  • “pub”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pub.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpab/
  • Rhymes: -ab

Noun

pub m (invariable)

  1. pub

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From British English pub (“public house”).

Noun

pub m (definite singular puben, indefinite plural puber, definite plural pubene)

  1. a pub
    Synonyms: bar, kro

References

  • “pub” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • pøbb (eye dialect spelling)

Etymology

From British English pub (“public house”).

Noun

pub m (definite singular puben, indefinite plural pubar, definite plural pubane)

  1. a pub

Synonyms

  • bar
  • kro
  • skjenkjestove
  • ølbu

References

  • “pub” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pub.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pap/
  • Rhymes: -ap
  • Syllabification: pub
  • Homophones: pap, PAP

Noun

pub m inan

  1. pub (public house)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pub in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pub in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pub.

Noun

pub n (plural puburi)

  1. pub

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Austrian German Bub, Bube.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pûːb/ or IPA(key): /pûb/

Noun

pȗb or pȕb m (Cyrillic spelling пу̑б or пу̏б) (regional)

  1. jack, knave in card games

Declension

Coordinate terms

References

  • “pub” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “pub”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 5, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1973, published 1990, page 282

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pub.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpab/ [ˈpaβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -ab

Noun

pub m (plural pubs)

  1. pub

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • “pub”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pub.

Noun

pub c

  1. pub

Declension

Anagrams

  • BUP, PBU

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