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— English words —

• buoy n. (Nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel…
• buoy n. A life-buoy; a life preserver.
• buoy v. (Transitive) To keep afloat or aloft; used with up.
• buoy v. (Transitive) To support or maintain at a high level.
• buoy v. (Transitive) To mark with a buoy.
• buoy v. To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence; to lift the spirits of.

— English word, defined in German —

• buoy V. Auftrieb geben, Mut zusprechen.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• buoy n. Boei.

— English words, defined in French —

• buoy n. Bouée.
• buoy v. Faire flotter.
• buoy v. Baliser au moyen d’une bouée.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• buoy s. Boya.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• buoy s. (Marina) boa.
• buoy s. Tenere a galla.

32 English words from 6 English definitions

afloat aloft buoy channel confidence danger enhance enthusiasm float high indicate keep level life life␣buoy life␣preserver lift location maintain mark moored Nautical navigational preserver spirits support the Transitive used warn water with

3 English words from 8 foreign definitions

boa Faire Marina

13 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

Auftrieb Baliser Boei bouée Boya flotter galla geben moyen Mut Tenere une zusprechen

23 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

buoys buoyed buoy␣up buoyage buoyant buoying buoys␣up buoyages buoyance buoyancy buoyed␣up buoylike buoy␣rope buoyances buoyantly buoying␣up buoy␣ropes buoyancies buoy␣tender buoyancy␣aid buoyantness buoy␣tenders buoyancy␣aids

35 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

upbuoys can␣buoys danbuoys dan␣buoys nun␣buoys unbuoyed upbuoyed bell␣buoys lifebuoys life-buoys life␣buoys pull␣buoys sonobuoys unbuoyant upbuoying cable␣buoys light␣buoys nonbuoyant unbuoyancy upbuoyance anchor␣buoys overbuoyant safety␣buoys semibuoyant unbuoyantly conical␣buoys mooring␣buoys overbuoyancy superbuoyant breeches␣buoys whistling␣buoys center␣of␣buoyancy centre␣of␣buoyancy centers␣of␣buoyancy centres␣of␣buoyancy

20 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

upbuoy can␣buoy danbuoy dan␣buoy nun␣buoy bell␣buoy lifebuoy life-buoy life␣buoy pull␣buoy sonobuoy cable␣buoy light␣buoy anchor␣buoy safety␣buoy conical␣buoy mooring␣buoy breeches␣buoy stream␣the␣buoy whistling␣buoy

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

you You

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

bouy buyo

11 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Ayoub bayou bousy boyau Boyum buoys buyou Ousby outby unboy Yoabu

17 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

boy BOY buy byo BYO BYU OBU oby UBO Uyo yob YoB YOB Y.O.B. Y.␣O.␣B. you You

14 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

b-boy B-boy bhoy b'hoy bro-y Bucy buky bury Bury -bury busy bwoy puoy quoy

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

boy BOY buy

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