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Yes. The word tomboy is a Scrabble US word. The word tomboy is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word tomboy is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

T1O1M3B3O1Y4

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6-letter words (1 found)

TOMBOY,

5-letter words (2 found)

BOOMY,BOOTY,

4-letter words (10 found)

BOOM,BOOT,BOYO,MOBY,MOOT,TOBY,TOMB,TOMO,TOOM,TOYO,

3-letter words (15 found)

BOO,BOT,BOY,MOB,MOO,MOT,MOY,OBO,OOM,OOT,TOM,TOO,TOY,YOB,YOM,

2-letter words (10 found)

BO,BY,MO,MY,OB,OM,OO,OY,TO,YO,

You can make 38 words from tomboy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tomboy

tomboy

Alternative forms

  • tom boy

Etymology

First attested in Ralph Roister Doister (published 1567, written circa 1552), where it is used to describe a boisterous girl; the OED says the citation is however "generally taken" to mean a boisterous boy, and says that a use in The Old Law (published 1656, thought to have been written circa 1599) "certainly" means a boy: "must young court-tits / play tomboys' tricks with her?" By 1579 it was attested in the meaning "an immodest woman", and by no later than 1592 it had developed its modern meaning of a “girl who acts like a boy”; from tom +‎ boy.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɒm.bɔɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɑm.bɔɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒmbɔɪ

Noun

tomboy (plural tomboys)

  1. A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.
    Synonyms: hoyden, ladette, romp
    Antonym: (with regards to behaviour) girly girl
    Antonym: (with regards to gender) macho man
    Antonyms: (with regards to gender and behaviour) femboy, janegirl
  2. (Philippines, colloquial) A lesbian; butch

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: tomboy
  • → Tagalog: tomboy

Translations

See also

  • tomgirl

References

  • Why Calling Someone A "Tomboy" Is Problematic, Sebastian Zulch, May 4, 2015, Bustle magazine.

Further reading

  • tomboy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from English tomboy.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tom‧boy
  • IPA(key): /ˈtomboj/, [ˈtom.boɪ̯]

Noun

tómbóy

  1. a girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner
  2. (colloquial) a lesbian; butch
    Synonyms: tibo, papanay

See also

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English tomboy.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tom‧boy
  • IPA(key): /ˈtomboj/, [ˈt̪om.boɪ̯]

Noun

tomboy

  1. a girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner
  2. a lesbian; butch

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:tomboy.

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tomboy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tomˈboi/ [t̪õmˈboi̯]
  • Rhymes: -oi
  • Syllabification: tom‧boy

Noun

tomboy f (plural tomboys)

  1. tomboy (a boyish girl or woman)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English tomboy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtomboj/, [ˈtom.boɪ̯]
  • Hyphenation: tom‧boy

Noun

tomboy (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. (colloquial) tomboy; boyish girl
    Synonyms: binalaki, binalalaki, marimatso, lalakinin
  2. (colloquial) lesbian; butch
    Synonyms: tibo, lesbiyana, lesbiya, (slang) leslie, (colloquial) shiboli, (slang) tiboom, (slang) T-bird

Source: wiktionary.org