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Is buck a Scrabble word?

Yes, buck is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 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 buck?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (US) An uncastrated sheep, a ram.Synonyms: ram, tupUS

2. (Africa) An antelope of either sex; compare with Afrikaans bok.Examples: "There are all kinds of game in the valley, and you are unlucky if you do not see a giraffe or an ostrich, or at least a herd of buck."Africa

3. (British, obsolete) A fop or dandy.Examples: "This pusillanimous creature thinks himself, and would be thought, a buck."; "The Captain was then a buck and dandy, during the reign of those two successive dynasties, of the first rank of the second order ; the characteristic of which very respectable rank of fashionables I hold to be, that their spurs impinge upon the pavement oftener than upon the sides of a horse."Synonyms: macaroni, popinjay, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knightBritishobsolete

4. (US, dated, derogatory) A black or Native American man.Examples: "But this buck claimed he was a big war chief with the Nawyecky Comanches."; "She got so she’d rather have a buck nigger than me!"; "Her curly red hair loose from its combs hangin' down her back and her freckled skin bare, and a big ole nigger buck was doin' things to her! He'd always known that Hootch Carter raped and killed Becky Nell, never had reason to doubt it."USdatedderogatory

5. (US, military slang, WWI–WWII) Lowest rank; a private.USslang

6. A unit of a particular currencyExamples: "Can I borrow five bucks?"; "Won't yer give Jake ten bucks ter buy hisself some close, so he look nice 'mong de gemmens?"Synonyms: bill, bone, buckaroo, clam, cucumber, dead president, greenback, noteAustraliaCanadaNew-ZealandUSinformal

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To copulate, as bucks and does.intransitive

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To bend; buckle.intransitive

2. (intransitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.Examples: "1849, Jackey Jackey, The Statement of the Aboriginal Native Jackey Jackey, who Accompanied Mr. Kennedy, William Carron, Narrative of an Expedition Undertaken Under the Direction of the Late Mr. Assistant Surveyor E. B. Kennedy, 2004 Gutenberg Australia eBook #0201121, At the same time we got speared, the horses got speared too, and jumped and bucked all about, and got into the swamp."intransitive

3. (transitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.Examples: "The brute that he was riding had nearly bucked him out of the saddle."transitive

4. (intransitive, by extension) To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.Examples: "The vice president bucked at the board’s latest solution."broadlyintransitive

5. (intransitive, by extension) To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.Examples: "The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely."broadlyintransitive

6. (transitive, by extension) To overcome or shed (e.g., an impediment or expectation), in pursuit of a goal; to force a way through despite (an obstacle); to resist or proceed against.Examples: "The plane bucked a strong headwind."; "Our managers have to learn to buck the trend and do the right thing for their employees."; "John is really bucking the odds on that risky business venture. He's doing quite well."broadlytransitive

noun (English)

1. (Scotland) The beech tree.Examples: "There is in it also woodes of buck, and deir in them."; "But, whilst we thus condemn the timber, we must not omit to praise the mast, which fats our swine and deer, and hath, in some families, even supported men with bread. Chios endured a memorable siege by the beniefit of this mast. And, in some parts of France, they now grind the buck in mills; it affords a sweet oil, which the poor people east most willingly."; "The HORNBEAM ( provincially “HORSE-BEECH," in contradistinction to “buck beech” — the true beech) is, in many woods, the most prevalent species; and being drawn up in thickets with a rapid growth, becomes tall and straight enough for hop poles: and is even suffered to grow up, as a species of wood timber."Scotland

verb (English)

1. (mining) To break up or pulverize, as ores.Examples: "This [ore mixture] was bucked or cobbed down to a 'peasy' size (i.e. the size of a pea) or less, using a flat-bottomed bucking hammer, and then riddled into coarse peasy and finer (sand-sized) 'smitham' grades."archaic

noun (English)

1. (UK, dialectal) The body of a cart or waggon, especially the front part.UKarchaicdialectal

2. (UK, dialectal, anatomy) Belly, breast, chest.UKarchaicdialectal

3. (UK, dialectal) Size.UKarchaicdialectal

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "buck"?

Scrabble
12 points
B3
U1
C3
K5
Words With Friends
15 points
B4
U2
C4
K5

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