Goober
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
An informal chiefly American term for a peanut or its pod, known in British English as a groundnut or monkey nut.
“He munched on a bag of goobers while watching the match.”
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goo·ber
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Wordle
Contains double O followed by B, the -OOB- pattern is unusual and worth noting
Scrabble
Worth 11 points, the B contributes 3 points and the word takes a clean -S hook
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