outburst
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 8
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Definition of outburst
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A sudden, often violent expression of emotion or activity.
“The man greeted us with an outburst of invective.”
“an outburst of anger”
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noun
-
A sudden, often violent expression of emotion or activity.
“The man greeted us with an outburst of invective.”
“an outburst of anger”
verb
- (intransitive)To burst out.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English outbersten, outbresten. Cognate with Dutch uitbarsten (“to erupt; burst out”), German ausbersten (“to burst out; erupt”). By surface analysis, out- + burst.
Words you can make from outburst
107 playable · top: RUBOUTS (9 pts)
Best play rubouts 9 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
7 words5-letter words
25 words4-letter words
40 words- BORT 6 pts
- BOTS 6 pts
- BOTT 6 pts
- BOUT 6 pts
- BROS 6 pts
- BRUT 6 pts
- BURS 6 pts
- BUST 6 pts
- BUTS 6 pts
- BUTT 6 pts
- ORBS 6 pts
- ROBS 6 pts
- RUBS 6 pts
- SORB 6 pts
- STOB 6 pts
- STUB 6 pts
- TUBS 6 pts
- URBS 6 pts
- ORTS 4 pts
- OURS 4 pts
- OUST 4 pts
- OUTS 4 pts
- ROTS 4 pts
- ROUT 4 pts
- RUST 4 pts
- RUTS 4 pts
- SORT 4 pts
- SOUR 4 pts
- STOT 4 pts
- TORS 4 pts
- TORT 4 pts
- TOST 4 pts
- TOTS 4 pts
- TOUR 4 pts
- TOUT 4 pts
- TROT 4 pts
- TROU 4 pts
- TUTS 4 pts
- TUTU 4 pts
- URUS 4 pts
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