bayou

bayou is a 5-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind.
2. noun. a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in bayou:

boyau

Common word forms

bayous

Words from these letters

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