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— English words —

• gybe v. (Transitive, nautical) To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other…
• gybe v. (Intransitive, nautical) Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly…
• gybe v. (Intransitive, nautical) Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.
• gybe v. (By extension, obsolete) Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course…
• gybe n. (Nautical) The act of gybing.
• gybe n. (By extension) A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.
• gybe n. Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”).
• gybe v. Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”).

54 English words from 8 English definitions

act aft Alternative and approach balk behind boom By␣extension change change␣tack course crossing direction extension faced forcefully fore fore␣and␣aft from Generally gybe gybing hesitate Intransitive its jibe nautical obsolete of␣a often one one␣side other sail sailing sailing␣vessel shift side small spelling sudden suddenly tack taunt the to␣the Transitive vacillate vacillation vessel when wind with

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

gybed gybes

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

Eby

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

g'bye

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

begay begry beigy bergy beyng bogey Bogey Byrge gabey get␣by gleby gybed gybes

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

beg Beg bey Bey bge bye Bye 'bye Eby Egy. Gbe GBE Geb GEB gey yeg

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

Gabe gibe GibE gyle gyne gyne- gype gyre gyse gyve

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

Gbe GBE

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