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BUY

3 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big too short
(min 4)
Super Big too short
(min 4)

BUY is a valid 3-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic Boggle, though it's too short for Big and Super Big (which need four-letter words).

Word family

BUYS-s 1 BUYING-ing 3 BOUGHT 3 BOUGHTEN 11
verb
  1. ditransitivetransitiveTo obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
    • Who'd Father buy the car for? He bought it for me, not for you.
  2. ditransitivetransitiveTo obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
    • I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.
    • You just bought yourself an assault charge!
  3. archaictransitiveTo suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).
  4. transitiveTo bribe.
    • He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs.
  5. transitiveTo be equivalent to in value.
    • The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to.
  6. informaltransitiveto accept as true; to believe
    • I'm not going to buy your stupid excuses anymore!
  7. intransitiveTo make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
    • She buys for Federated.
    • Let's go out for dinner. I'm buying.
  8. slangtransitiveTo make a bluff, usually a large one.
    • Smith tried to buy the pot on the river with a huge bluff.
noun
  1. Something which is bought; a purchase.
    • At only $30, the second-hand kitchen table was a great buy.