bobsleigh
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- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 9
Definition of bobsleigh
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
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noun
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
- (uncountable)A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
- (countable)The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.
verb
- To ride a bobsleigh.
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Etymology
From bobs, the short runners on which the bobsleigh is based (as opposed to a usual sleigh on long runners continuing all the way along the vehicle); further etymology unclear. Attested since 1839 as bob-sled, long before the invention of the sport.
Words you can make from bobsleigh
193 playable · top: HOBBIES (14 pts)
Best play hobbies 14 points7-letter words
7 words6-letter words
14 words5-letter words
31 words- BIBES 9 pts
- BIBLE 9 pts
- BILBO 9 pts
- BLEBS 9 pts
- BLOBS 9 pts
- SHOGI 9 pts
- BIGOS 8 pts
- BILGE 8 pts
- BIOGS 8 pts
- BLOGS 8 pts
- BOGIE 8 pts
- BOGLE 8 pts
- GIBES 8 pts
- GLOBE 8 pts
- GLOBS 8 pts
- HEILS 8 pts
- HELIO 8 pts
- HELOS 8 pts
- HOISE 8 pts
- HOLES 8 pts
- HOSEL 8 pts
- SHEOL 8 pts
- SHIEL 8 pts
- BILES 7 pts
- BOILS 7 pts
- BOLES 7 pts
- LOBES 7 pts
- OBELI 7 pts
- LOGES 6 pts
- OGLES 6 pts
- SOLEI 5 pts
4-letter words
68 words- BISH 9 pts
- BOSH 9 pts
- HOBS 9 pts
- BIBE 8 pts
- BIBS 8 pts
- BLEB 8 pts
- BLOB 8 pts
- BOBS 8 pts
- EBBS 8 pts
- GHIS 8 pts
- GOSH 8 pts
- HOGS 8 pts
- SHOG 8 pts
- SIBB 8 pts
- SIGH 8 pts
- BEGS 7 pts
- BIGS 7 pts
- BIOG 7 pts
- BLOG 7 pts
- BOGS 7 pts
- ELHI 7 pts
- GIBE 7 pts
- GIBS 7 pts
- GLIB 7 pts
- GLOB 7 pts
- GOBS 7 pts
- HEIL 7 pts
- HELO 7 pts
- HIES 7 pts
- HOES 7 pts
- HOLE 7 pts
- HOLS 7 pts
- HOSE 7 pts
- SHOE 7 pts
- BELS 6 pts
- BILE 6 pts
- BIOS 6 pts
- BISE 6 pts
- BOIL 6 pts
- BOLE 6 pts
- LIBS 6 pts
- LOBE 6 pts
- LOBS 6 pts
- OBES 6 pts
- OBIS 6 pts
- SLOB 6 pts
- EGIS 5 pts
- EGOS 5 pts
- GELS 5 pts
- GIES 5 pts
- GOES 5 pts
- LEGS 5 pts
- LOGE 5 pts
- LOGS 5 pts
- OGLE 5 pts
- SEGO 5 pts
- SLOG 5 pts
- ISLE 4 pts
- LEIS 4 pts
- LIES 4 pts
- LOSE 4 pts
- OILS 4 pts
- OLES 4 pts
- SILO 4 pts
- SLOE 4 pts
- SOIL 4 pts
- SOLE 4 pts
- SOLI 4 pts
3-letter words
51 words- HOB 8 pts
- BIB 7 pts
- BOB 7 pts
- EBB 7 pts
- GHI 7 pts
- HOG 7 pts
- BEG 6 pts
- BIG 6 pts
- BOG 6 pts
- GIB 6 pts
- GOB 6 pts
- HES 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HIS 6 pts
- HOE 6 pts
- HOS 6 pts
- OHS 6 pts
- SHE 6 pts
- SHO 6 pts
- SOH 6 pts
- BEL 5 pts
- BES 5 pts
- BIO 5 pts
- BIS 5 pts
- BOS 5 pts
- LIB 5 pts
- LOB 5 pts
- OBE 5 pts
- OBI 5 pts
- SIB 5 pts
- SOB 5 pts
- EGO 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIS 4 pts
- GOS 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- LOG 4 pts
- SEG 4 pts
- SIG 4 pts
- ELS 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIS 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- OIL 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEL 3 pts
- SOL 3 pts
2-letter words
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