Definition of buoy

"buoy" in the noun sense

1. buoy

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

"buoy" in the verb sense

1. buoy

float on the surface of water

2. buoy, buoy up

keep afloat

"The life vest buoyed him up"

3. buoy

mark with a buoy

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Quotations for buoy

Feeling is deep and still, and the word that floats on the surface
Is as the tossing buoy that betrays where the anchor is hidden. [ Longfellow ]

buoy in Scrabble®

The word buoy is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters buoy:

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buoy in Words With Friends™

The word buoy is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters buoy:

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Words within the letters of buoy

2 letter words in buoy (1 word)

3 letter words in buoy (3 words)

4 letter words in buoy (1 word)

buoy + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence buoy

Words that start with buoy (7 words)

Words with buoy in them (6 words)

Words that end with buoy (3 words)

Word Growth involving buoy

Shorter words in buoy

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Longer words containing buoy

buoyancy

buoyant buoyantly unbuoyantly

buoyant unbuoyant unbuoyantly

buoyed unbuoyed

buoying

buoys lifebuoys

buoys sonobuoys

lifebuoy lifebuoys

sonobuoy sonobuoys