buoy

/bui/ verbnoun

4 letters2 syllables9 points in Scrabble®10 points in WWF®

DEFINITIONS4

VERB

Keep afloat.

“The life vest buoyed him up”

Float on the surface of water.

Mark with a buoy.

NOUN

Bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards.

WORD FORMS

Related formbuoyant

GAME SCORES

Scrabble®9 points

Words With Friends®10 points

Double word18 points

Triple word27 points

GOOD TO KNOW

Pig Latinuoybay

Starts & ends withB … Y

Syllablesbu · oy

SYNONYMS & RELATED2

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