tabu

tabu is a 4-letter English word with 5 senses as noun & verb, noun, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See Taboo. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun & verb. See Taboo.
2. noun. an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

   Synonyms: taboo

3. noun. a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

   Synonyms: taboo

4. adjective. excluded from use or mention

   "forbidden fruit"

   "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"

   Synonyms: forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, verboten

5. adjective. forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

   Synonyms: taboo

Synonyms

taboo, forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, verboten

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tabu:

abut, buat, tuba

Common word forms

tabus, tabued, tabuing

Words from these letters

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