newsboy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 7
Definition of newsboy
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A boy, or by extension a man, who sells and/or delivers newspapers.
“A newsboy passed by, yelling, "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!"”
“Carrados's reply was to hold out a coin to a passing newsboy and to hand the purchase to his friend who was already in the car.”
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noun
-
A boy, or by extension a man, who sells and/or delivers newspapers.
“A newsboy passed by, yelling, "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!"”
“Carrados's reply was to hold out a coin to a passing newsboy and to hand the purchase to his friend who was already in the car.”
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of newsboy cap.
“He was wearing a gray newsboy and a tan jacket.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From news + boy.
Words you can make from newsboy
120 playable · top: BESNOW (11 pts)
Best play besnow 11 points5-letter words
13 words4-letter words
46 words- WYES 10 pts
- WYNS 10 pts
- YEOW 10 pts
- YEWS 10 pts
- YOWE 10 pts
- YOWS 10 pts
- BEYS 9 pts
- BONY 9 pts
- BOWS 9 pts
- BOYS 9 pts
- BYES 9 pts
- NEWB 9 pts
- OBEY 9 pts
- SWOB 9 pts
- SYBO 9 pts
- WEBS 9 pts
- YOBS 9 pts
- ENOW 7 pts
- NEWS 7 pts
- NOSY 7 pts
- NOWS 7 pts
- OWES 7 pts
- OWNS 7 pts
- OWSE 7 pts
- OYES 7 pts
- SEWN 7 pts
- SNOW 7 pts
- SNYE 7 pts
- SOWN 7 pts
- SYNE 7 pts
- WENS 7 pts
- WOES 7 pts
- WONS 7 pts
- YENS 7 pts
- BENS 6 pts
- BONE 6 pts
- EBON 6 pts
- NEBS 6 pts
- NOBS 6 pts
- OBES 6 pts
- SNOB 6 pts
- EONS 4 pts
- NOES 4 pts
- NOSE 4 pts
- ONES 4 pts
- SONE 4 pts
3-letter words
42 words- WYE 9 pts
- WYN 9 pts
- YEW 9 pts
- YOW 9 pts
- BEY 8 pts
- BOW 8 pts
- BOY 8 pts
- BYE 8 pts
- BYS 8 pts
- WEB 8 pts
- YOB 8 pts
- NEW 6 pts
- NOW 6 pts
- OWE 6 pts
- OWN 6 pts
- SEW 6 pts
- SOW 6 pts
- SOY 6 pts
- SYN 6 pts
- WEN 6 pts
- WOE 6 pts
- WON 6 pts
- WOS 6 pts
- YEN 6 pts
- YES 6 pts
- YON 6 pts
- BEN 5 pts
- BES 5 pts
- BOS 5 pts
- NEB 5 pts
- NOB 5 pts
- OBE 5 pts
- SOB 5 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- EON 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
2-letter words
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