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Is bounce a Scrabble word?

Yes, bounce is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of bounce?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.Examples: "The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch."Synonyms: bounce back, reboundintransitive

2. (intransitive) To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.Examples: "He bounces nervously on his chair."; "The Black Cats contributed to their own downfall for the only goal when Titus Bramble, making his first appearance since Boxing Day, and Michael Turner, let Phil Jones' cross bounce across the six-yard box as Rooney tucked in at the back post."Synonyms: bobintransitive

3. (transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.Examples: "He bounced the child on his knee."; "The children were bouncing a ball against a wall."transitive

4. (transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback.Examples: "I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range."colloquialtransitive

5. (intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.Examples: "She bounced happily into the room."; "Out bounced the mastiff."intransitive

6. (intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.Examples: "We can’t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced."informalintransitive

noun (English)

1. (Internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.Internetcountableuncountable

2. (quantum mechanics) A hypothetical event where a collapsing system, such as a universe in the Big Bounce theory, reaches a point of extreme density and then rebounds back into an expanding phase, essentially reversing the contraction due to quantum mechanical effects.countableuncountable

3. (slang) The sack, dismissal.Examples: "Someone more clever than I said, "It's not the bounce that counts, it's the bounce back. ""; "Customers said I was a hoot; management gave me the bounce."; "I was no longer with the Oakhaven Hospital when I decided to come out here to the island; they'd fired me when they traced a long-distance call I'd made to San Francisco, under the director's name, to a man the papers had said got pinched out there, under suspicion of having lifted a poke with 10 grand in it—but later released—a man named Andy Glover. I thought sure he was a certain lug who'd been in stir with me, and thought to make a touch—however, skip it!—the point is that it was the wrong Andy Glover!—the call got traced to the phone in the hospital urinal room—and I got the bounce."countableslanguncountable

4. (archaic) A bang, boom.Examples: "I don't value her resentment the bounce of a cracker."archaiccountableuncountable

5. (archaic) A drink based on brandy.ᵂExamples: "A prologue of cherry bounce,—brandy,—preceded the entertainment, which was enlivened by hob-nobs and joyous toasts."; "He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it."archaiccountableuncountable

6. (archaic) A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.Examples: "The bounce burst ope the door."archaiccountableuncountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "bounce"?

Scrabble
10 points
B3
O1
U1
N1
C3
E1
Words With Friends
14 points
B4
O1
U2
N2
C4
E1

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