buoy

1. A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.

2. A life buoy.

3. A floating object moored to the bottom to mark a channel or something (as a shoal) lying under the water.

4. An anchored float serving as a navigation mark, to show reefs or other hazards, or for mooring.

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1. To mark by or as if by a buoy.

2. To keep afloat.

3. To raise the spirits of .

4. Keep (someone or something) afloat.

5. Mark with an anchored float.

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1. To hearten or inspire; uplift: "buoyed up by the team spirit and the pride of the older generation back at home” ( Judith Martin).

2. To keep afloat or aloft: a glider buoyed by air currents.

3. To maintain at a high level; support: "the persistent ... takeover speculation, which has buoyed up the shares of banks” ( Financial Times).

4. To mark with or as if with a buoy.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
buoy	9	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bo	4
by	7
oy	5
yo	5

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
boy	8
buy	8
yob	8
you	6

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
buoy	9