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boomerang

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Is boomerang a Scrabble word?

Yes, boomerang is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 14 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of boomerang?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (Australian rules football, rugby) A boomerang kick.

2. (theater) A device for changing the color of a followspot.Examples: "Roll: A live action changing from one color to another. Typically requires dexterity to "crossfade" between two colors in the boomerang with one hand while following with the other."; "If you are spot one you should push down on the first lever on the boomerang to load frame one. Spot two should do the same with frame five. On the go, both spot ops should run their dowser levers to bring the light up on the target specified by the cue caller."

3. (RAF slang) The early return of an aircraft whose mission was aborted, often due to technical failures.Examples: "For quotations using this term, see Citations:boomerang."

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To return or rebound unexpectedly, especially when the result is undesired; to backfire.Examples: ""Well, there must be some flaw about this," I suggested. "If your magnet is so strong as all that, you would have your own broadside boomeranging back upon you.""; ""Oh," they yelled, "you could, eh? Well, let's see you do it, then! Let's see you do it! Let's see you do it! Now!" In a moment the crew of little spectators were gibing at Horace. The blow that would make Jimmie's humiliation complete! Instead, it had boomeranged Horace into the mud."; "Our future economic success depends on the economy growing faster than government spending. That's why raising taxes would boomerang. Economic growth would slow, revenues would decline, and the budget deficit would swell."intransitive

2. (intransitive) To travel in a curved path.Examples: "He said that to the horse as it boomeranged off again and broke away through the scrub."intransitive

3. (RAF slang) To abort a mission and return to base early.Examples: "For quotations using this term, see Citations:boomerang."

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "boomerang"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "boomerang"?

Scrabble
14 points
B3
O1
O1
M3
E1
R1
A1
N1
G2
Words With Friends
18 points
B4
O1
O1
M4
E1
R1
A1
N2
G3

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