Buboed
6 lettersadjectiverareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Past tense of bubo, meaning (of a lymph node) having become inflamed and swollen as a result of plague, gonorrhoea, or tuberculosis.
“The physician noted that the patient's groin had buboed severely during the outbreak.”
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Syllables
bu·boed
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Wordle
Contains a double B and ends in 'ued', an uncommon letter cluster worth ruling in or out early
Scrabble
The two Bs can be costly to hold together, a specialist medical term valid in standard Scrabble dictionaries
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