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Is bum a Scrabble word?

Yes, bum is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 7 points in Scrabble.

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  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of bum?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (informal or childish, chiefly Commonwealth) The buttocks.Examples: "Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes."; "For quotations using this term, see Citations:bum."Synonyms: 'tocks, arse, arse cheeks, ass, ass cheeks, back, backside, battyCommonwealthchildishinformal

2. (informal or childish, chiefly Commonwealth) The anus.Examples: "John said that when he was little he stuck his finger in his bum and tasted his poopies and it was good."; "What could the man possibly be hiding up his bum anyway?"; "Do you have intercourse (i.e., Do you penetrate your partner in the vagina or anus [bum]? Or does your partner penetrate your vagina or anus [bum])?"Synonyms: a-hole, anus, arsehole, arse, asscunt, asshole, asspussy, assCommonwealthchildishinformal

3. (East Midlands, slang, vulgar) An act of anal sex.Examples: "Go for a bum"East-Midlandsslangvulgar

verb (English)

1. (UK, Ireland, transitive, colloquial) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.Examples: "Your bars are fake and my bars are real; / Is it true you got bummed on a field?"IrelandUKcolloquialtransitive

intj (English)

1. (UK, Ireland, childish, euphemistic) An expression of annoyance.Examples: "(more vulgar)"; "Maxine tried hers. ‘Oh bum,’ she said crossly. ‘The sugar isn’t sugar. It’s salt.’"Synonyms: arseIrelandUKchildisheuphemistic

noun (English)

1. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man.Synonyms: street bum, tramp, vagrant, wanderer, vagabond, bum, casual, clochardcolloquialderogatorysometimes

2. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.Examples: "Fred is becoming a bum—he’s not even bothering to work more than once a month."; "That mechanic’s a bum—he couldn’t fix a yo-yo."; "That guy keeps interrupting the concert. Throw the bum out!"Synonyms: loafer, bumpkin, footler, bum, couch potato, dawdler, deadbeat, dogfuckercolloquialderogatorysometimes

3. (colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.Examples: "Trade him to another team, he’s a bum!"; "Seabiscuit, wrote another reporter, “was a hero in California and a pretty fair sort of horse in the midwest. In the east, however, he was just a ‘bumʼ”"colloquial

4. (colloquial) A drinking spree.Synonyms: binge, bendercolloquial

verb (English)

1. (transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.Examples: "Can I bum a cigarette off you?"Synonyms: cadge, beg, blag, bum, cadge, leech, mooch, scroungecolloquialtransitive

2. (intransitive, colloquial) To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond.Examples: "I think I’ll just bum around downtown for a while until dinner."Synonyms: loitercolloquialintransitive

3. (transitive, slang, British) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).Britishslangtransitive

adj (English)

1. (slang) Of poor quality or highly undesirable.Examples: "bum note"; ""So I can see my finish with that firm when this bum show is over." "Well, I think you're silly, the way you go out of your way to get McIntyre's goat. You do, don't deny it.""slang

2. (slang) Unfair.Examples: "a bum deal"slang

3. (slang) Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.Examples: "I can’t play football anymore on account of my bum knee."Synonyms: duffslang

4. (slang) Unpleasant or unhappy.Examples: "He had a bum trip on that mescaline."slang

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "bum"?

Scrabble
7 points
B3
U1
M3
Words With Friends
10 points
B4
U2
M4

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