What does BUOY mean?
BUOY is a valid word in the ENABLE word game list, worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends.
- Pronunciation
- /ˈbui/
- Letters
- 4
- Scrabble score
- 9
- Words With Friends score
- 10
- How common
- Fairly common
Meaning
noun
- bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
verb
- float on the surface of water
- keep afloat“The life vest buoyed him up”
- mark with a buoy
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
buoys10buoyed12buoying13
Anagrams of BUOY
No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.
Words inside BUOY
8 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
Related
Questions
Is BUOY a Scrabble word?
BUOY is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted in Scrabble and Words With Friends. Official tournament dictionaries differ slightly, so check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.
How many points is BUOY worth?
BUOY is worth 9 points with Scrabble letter values and 10 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from BUOY?
8 other words, including YOU, BY, BUY and BOY.