bishonen
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of bishonen
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)An Asian aesthetic of young men whose beauty (and sex appeal) transcends the boundary of gender or sexual orientation, found in manga, etc.
“Incidentally, I'm not sure you're bucking the trend so much as going along with it; FTM crossplay is getting pretty popular, although you see more women going for bishounen and visual-kei genderfucky stars than anything else.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 美少年 (bishōnen びしょうねん), from Middle Chinese 美 (mij^X, “beautiful”) + 少年 (syewᴴ nen, “teenaged boy”) (compare Mandarin 少年 (shàonián)).
Words you can make from bishonen
127 playable · top: SHINBONE (13 pts)
Best play shinbone 13 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
17 words4-letter words
42 words- BISH 9 pts
- BOSH 9 pts
- HOBS 9 pts
- HENS 7 pts
- HIES 7 pts
- HINS 7 pts
- HISN 7 pts
- HOES 7 pts
- HONE 7 pts
- HONS 7 pts
- HOSE 7 pts
- NOSH 7 pts
- SHEN 7 pts
- SHIN 7 pts
- SHOE 7 pts
- SINH 7 pts
- BENS 6 pts
- BINE 6 pts
- BINS 6 pts
- BIOS 6 pts
- BISE 6 pts
- BONE 6 pts
- EBON 6 pts
- NEBS 6 pts
- NIBS 6 pts
- NOBS 6 pts
- OBES 6 pts
- OBIS 6 pts
- SNIB 6 pts
- SNOB 6 pts
- EONS 4 pts
- INNS 4 pts
- IONS 4 pts
- NEON 4 pts
- NINE 4 pts
- NOES 4 pts
- NONE 4 pts
- NONI 4 pts
- NOSE 4 pts
- ONES 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SONE 4 pts
3-letter words
41 words- HOB 8 pts
- HEN 6 pts
- HES 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HIN 6 pts
- HIS 6 pts
- HOE 6 pts
- HON 6 pts
- HOS 6 pts
- NOH 6 pts
- OHS 6 pts
- SHE 6 pts
- SHO 6 pts
- SOH 6 pts
- BEN 5 pts
- BES 5 pts
- BIN 5 pts
- BIO 5 pts
- BIS 5 pts
- BOS 5 pts
- NEB 5 pts
- NIB 5 pts
- NOB 5 pts
- OBE 5 pts
- OBI 5 pts
- SIB 5 pts
- SOB 5 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- EON 3 pts
- INN 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
2-letter words
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