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Is taboo a Scrabble word?

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

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Is taboo a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is taboo a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word taboo is a Words With Friends word. The word taboo is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

TABOO,

4-letter words (3 found)

BOAT,BOOT,BOTA,

3-letter words (13 found)

ABO,BAO,BAT,BOA,BOO,BOT,OAT,OBA,OBO,OOT,TAB,TAO,TOO,

2-letter words (8 found)

AB,AT,BA,BO,OB,OO,TA,TO,

You can make 25 words from taboo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of taboo

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Definitions and meaning of taboo

taboo

Alternative forms

  • tabu, tapu

Etymology

Borrowed from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of kapu. First attested in c. 1777.

The p in the Tongan source was misheard as b.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təˈbuː/, /tæˈbuː/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Noun

taboo (countable and uncountable, plural taboos)

  1. An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
  2. (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.

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Adjective

taboo (comparative more taboo, superlative most taboo)

  1. Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
    Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.
  2. Culturally forbidden.

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Verb

taboo (third-person singular simple present taboos, present participle tabooing, simple past and past participle tabooed)

  1. To mark as taboo.
    Synonym: tabooize
  2. To ban.
  3. To avoid.

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Anagrams

  • aboot

Source: wiktionary.org