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boondoggle

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Is boondoggle a Scrabble word?

Yes, boondoggle is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 15 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

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

What is the meaning of boondoggle?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (especially scouting) A braided ring to hold a neckerchief.Synonyms: woggle

2. (Canada, US, figuratively, usually politics) A waste of time or money; a pointless activity.Examples: "Opponents consider this another billion-dollar government boondoggle."; "Senator John Stennis […] has been active and effective for so long as a member of the Armed Services Committee that he knows as well as any man can where the bodies are buried in the Pentagon and the boondoggles are buried in the defense budget."; "By its strictest definition, a boondoggle is a recreational trip out of town, but it has been blurred by threadbare jokes to mean any trip that is desirable, whether for work or not."CanadaUSfigurativelyusually

3. (Antarctica, slang) A non-work trip away from a research station.Examples: "A non-work excursion away from the station in US Antarctic English is a “boondoggle”, or a “jolly” for the Britons."slang

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To waste time on a pointless activity.intransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "boondoggle"?

Scrabble
15 points
B3
O1
O1
N1
D2
O1
G2
G2
L1
E1
Words With Friends
20 points
B4
O1
O1
N2
D2
O1
G3
G3
L2
E1

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