What does BOOM mean?

Pronunciation
/bum/
Letters
4
Scrabble score
8
Words With Friends score
10
How common
Common

Meaning

verb

  1. make a resonant sound, like artillery“His deep voice boomed through the hall”
  2. hit hard“He smashed a 3-run homer”
  3. be the case that thunder is being heard“Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed”
  4. make a deep hollow sound“Her voice booms out the words of the song”
  5. grow vigorously“The deer population in this town is thriving”

noun

  1. a deep prolonged loud noise
  2. a state of economic prosperity
  3. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)“the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

booms9boomed11

Anagrams of BOOM

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside BOOM

6 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

boo5 mob7 moo5bo4mo4 om4

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Questions

Is BOOM a valid word in word games?

BOOM is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is BOOM worth?

BOOM is worth 8 points with Scrabble letter values and 10 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from BOOM?

6 other words, including MO, MOB, BO and BOO.