bubbe

Meanings

Plural: bubbes

Noun

A grandmother.
An elderly woman.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish באָבע (bobe, “grandmother”), and then either from a Slavic language or from eastern Middle High German bābe (“old woman”), both from Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”) and ultimately imitative of a child’s babbling. Doublet of baba.

Scrabble Score: 11

bubbe is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
bubbe is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 0

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